* Em's at the Guinness Book of World Records for being the fastest selling hip-hop artist.

* His mother Debbie has roots in Scandinavia.

* During the shooting of 8 Mile, Em would write lyrics for the soundtrack during breaks. When shooting resumes crew members will have to pull the notepad from him in order to catch his attention and make him stop writing.

* Em was bullied as a kid because he was small and was often mistaken as retarded. He would hum melodies to himself not knowing it was loud enough to be heard by everybody. (He still does today. He also said that he is always writing and that he cant stop writing because ideas keep flowin' in.)

* Em is of Scottish and Welsh decent.

* There have been numerous reports of Eminem being dead in care crashes and drug overdoses.

* Of all the members in D12 Eminem is the oldest.

* He loves Spiderman.

* Em is a Baptist (just like his mom and the rest of her family). He's not religious though. Kim's the one who is Catholic. She's also not religious.

* Em wears glasses because he's near-sighted.

* He loves any type of gadget.

* He has a favorite porn star called Janet Jacme.

* Eminem failed 9th grade 3 times before he dropped out of school at age 14.

* Despite what was written before, Em did not attempt suicide. He took pills to fight his depression and accidentally OD'd. He was happy to wake up the next day.

* The platinum bracelet and ring he usually wears both have "DAD" inscribed on them. Both are from Hailie.

* Eminem is quite a shy person despite appearances.

* He used to hate it when people stared at him.

* Em thinks Robin Williams is brilliant and vice versa.

* The Matrix is Eminem's favourite movie of all time.

* Eminem was abandoned by his father at just 6 months old.

* At age 11, Eminem had an infatuation with Madonna.

* A concert by Run DMC, Big Daddy Kane and Queen Latifah was the first concert that he attended.

* He cuts his own hair rather than going to a barber.

* Eminem's preferred dance song is Busta Rhymes's "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See".

* Em and Dr. Dre's first choice for Stan is Macaulay Culkin. Macaulay was doing a play. Dre picked Devon Sawa because he thought he looked like Em (Em made a video where he's the one portraying Stan, and Devon made a similar video. Dre almost could not tell them apart.).

* Lose Yourself topped the poll on songs that spurs ball players to victory in matches.

* Elton John has dedicated his song Rocket Man to Em.

* Eminem is extremely modest despite his success.

* Shannon Elizabeth was Em's first choice to be the girl in 'Superman'.

* Neil Tennant (Petshop Boys) has a crush on Em and wishes that the events in their song "The night I fell in love" would happen to him.

* Em and Hailie has a cat named Tigger.

* For his 8 Mile role, Em dropped from 168 lbs (12 stone or 76.21kg) to 145 lbs (10.35 stone or 65.8kg).

* Em wears size XXL clothes to look more like a conventional rapper and because he wants to look bigger.

* Marshall Jr. and Debbie were in a band called Daddy Warbucks. They played @ Ramada Inns along the Dakota-Montana border.

* Em prefers Fords. His friends say that he doesn't like to drive though.

* Em does not smoke

* When he was young he liked to spend his evenings memorizing the dictionary to increase his vocabulary.

* Eminem originally wanted to become a comic-book artist.