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TIL Matt Groening originally planned for Krusty the Clown to be Homer Simpson in disguise. This is why Krusty looks so similar to Homer.

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16AJW TIL in 1987 the US Army Corps of Engineers completed the Pikeville Cut-Through, the second-largest earth-moving operation in the western hemisphere, second to the Panama Canal. It's a 1.1km long 4-lane highway cut-through in Pikeville Kentucky.
yo68 TIL The man who wrote what is considered the first significant self help book in 1859, Samuel Smiles, is the great-great-grandfather of Bear Grylls.
W7gWd TIL of the Jevons paradox, which states that increasing efficiency in resource usage causes higher demand - sometimes increasing usage instead of reducing it.
GY0e4 TIL of Kim Hyon-hui, a North Korean spy who was captured by South Korea. She agreed to cooperate after being taken on a tour of Seoul and discovering that the South was vastly more prosperous than the North
e08WD TIL being a cop ranks as the 22nd most dangerous job in the US, behind professions like cement mason and crossing guard