Since 2001, movie screens have seen the best car racing films can provide. That's right, The Fast and the Furious has almost been around more than two decades and with a spin-off coming starring Dwayne the Rock Johnson, it looks like the franchise can carry on for many more years to come. The series evolved into something much more than street racing as the cast becomes black ops for the government, performing tasks only they can pull off with their bevy of vehicular skills. Here are the secrets, facts, and notes that you never knew about The Fast and the Furious.

An Ode To A Fallen Friend

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Not only did his fans feel the pain of Paul Walker's untimely death, but co-star and close friend Vin Diesel felt the loss immensely. Having worked very closely with Walker for so long, the two were close both on and off the set.

In a touching gesture, Diesel named his daughter after Walker when he chose Pauline as her name. "There's no other person that I was thinking about as I was cutting this umbilical cord," said Diesel. "I just knew he was there."