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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/a-horse-has-no-name on 2023-09-27 17:30:08.

Original Title: TIL: In 1994, an American teenager Michael Fay was convicted of spray-painting a bunch of cars and was caned as punishment. It was such a large issue at the time that the White House attempted to prevent it. A year later, the Simpsons released “Bart vs. Australia”, which based on the event.