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TIL that the most common recurring minor character on Seinfeld is not Newman, or Frank Costanza. Appearing in 109 episodes, Ruthie Cohen is the cashier at Monk's Cafe, and appears in the background in more than double the amount of episodes as the next minor character (Newman, with 48).

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dDXZE TIL that when writing the Seinfeld episode The Conversion, Bruce Kirschbaum didn't know that the Latvian Orthodox Church was real; he intended for George to join a fictional sect. After the episode aired he received hundreds of thank you notes from members of the church for bringing attention to it.
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