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TIL NFL player Pat Tillman joined the army after 9/11 but became opposed to the war while oversees. He was then killed by a soldier standing less than 10 yards from him during friendly fire. His unit then burned his journal and the army lied to his family, claiming he'd been killed by the enemy.

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