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TIL that weeks after “The Soup Nazi” aired on Seinfeld, the man (Ali Yeganeh) that the character is based on kicked Jerry Seinfeld out of his restaurant for ruining his business. When Seinfeld gave him an insincere apology, Yeganeh ejected him from the restaurant, yelling, “No soup for you!”

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N9bE TIL that the beard of Tutankhamun’s golden mask fell off during the cleaning process in the Egyptian Museum in 2014. The workers used epoxy glue to reattach the beard, but since that was not the professional method and permanent damage was done to the mask they were prosecuted for this in 2016.
eZwE TIL:The first AOL Instant Message was sent by Ted Leonsis to his wife on Jan. 6, 1993. It read, “Don’t be scared … it is me. Love you and miss you.” His wife replied, “Wow … this is so cool!”
QNgpL TIL if a Catholic man needs a semen sample to diagnose infertility, he's supposed to do so by recovering it from a non-lubricated, perforated condom after normal intercourse
P1l1V TIL Nuclear Winter is almost impossible in modern times because of lower warhead yields and better city planning, making the prerequisite firestorms extremely unlikely
EgDxo TIL Older people can come to believe their own lies. New research shows that within an hour of telling a falsehood, seniors may think it's the truth. Reposted as I messed up the title