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TIL that in the 1970s Theo Albrecht (one of the founders of Aldi) was kidnapped, haggled the ransom down to 7 million marks and (unsucessfully) tried to claim the ransom as a tax deductible business expense

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lojL7 TIL the cast of Captain Planet included the voice talents of Meg Ryan, Martin Sheen, Jeff Goldblum, LeVar Burton, Whoopi Goldberg, Ed Asner, Tim Curry, John Ratzenberger, and James Coburn.
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