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TIL Lorne Michaels - the creator of SNL - considers Steven Seagal to be the biggest jerk ever on the show. Seagal is banned from ever hosting the show again.

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9YN5m TIL in 2004, two Brazillians were arrested in Miami International, after one, asked about his air pump, said that he was carrying a “bomba” (Portugese for “pump”). This, complete with an “it might explode” comment from the other Brazilian, led to both being imprisoned.
Wkn0B TIL Ancient Egyptians were notorious for their subversive political humor and the Romans banned Egyptian advocates from law because all of their joking disrupted the sanctity of the courts.
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