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TIL the woman in the iconic Great Depression "Migrant Mother" photo was only 32 years old when the photo was taken.

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OKXg TIL of the Bosnian Romeo and Juliet. They were killed by snipers on 19 May 1993, while trying to cross the Vrbanja bridge to the Serb-occupied territory of Grbavica
4X09X TIL of a French territory in South America called French Guiana, who’s got the 17th best GDP mainly due to its primary income being their rocket-launching base in the capital, Kourou.
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