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TIL actor Stephen Tobolowsky (Ned Ryerson) was held hostage at a Dallas Safeway when he was 25. A stranger stopped him and said “I see you have mangos, the most exotic of fruit” before putting a .45 to his head. Tobolowsky then gave the man his actual address and invited him over for dinner.

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