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TIL that Matt Groening was once subjected to a strip-search by airport security who considered him a suspicious character. As he was led away, a little boy said, “Ha, ha!” just like Nelson on The Simpsons. Groening found the boy’s mockery the most irritating thing about the entire incident.

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