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TIL the real "Soup Nazi", Ali Yeganeh, did not like the Seinfeld character based off him. When Jerry Seinfeld visited his restaurant a few weeks after the episode aired, Seinfeld sarcastically apologized to Yeganeh. Yeganeh bellowed "no soup for you!" and ejected Seinfeld from his restaurant.

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N7YPP TIL the Russian city of Tolyatti (pop. 700000) is named after Italian Communist Party Secretary Palmiro Togliatti for his role in setting up a venture between Fiat and Soviet VAZ (Lada), whose plant still dominates the industry of the city to this day.
jNRXj TIL about Nannie Doss, an American serial killer responsible for the deaths of eleven people between the 1920s and 1954. Also referred to as the "Giggling Granny". It was revealed that she had killed four husbands, two children, her two sisters, her mother, a grandson, and a mother-in-law.
VMa4B TIL that January 19 1977 was the last day it snowed in Miami, Florida, it lasted a little more than an hour, and it hasn't snowed there since.
QNPek TIL that honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3000 years old and still perfectly edible.
7BZ7 TIL a US judge has ruled that a man who was declared dead after he had disappeared for 30 years cannot be declared officially alive, though he has returned home and is in good health.