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TIL: The Soup Nazi is real. Weeks after the episode aired, Seinfeld and the production team went to Soup Kitchen International for lunch, where they were berated by Ali Yeganeh (the soup nazi) for “ruining” his business. He then bellowed, “No soup for you!” and ejected them from the restaurant.

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