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TIL Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad is a play on words, for "It's All Good Man"

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x6mv7 TIL: The founder of Aldi's the grocery chain was kidnapped in 1971 and held for ransom of ~$2 million USD. Upon release the founder (unsuccessfully) tried to claim the ransom payment as a tax deductible business expense in court.
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