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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

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6LQZ TIL that in 1971, when Frank Sinatra couldn’t get a ringside ticket to Ali & Frazier’s “Fight of the Century”, he managed to get a press pass to shoot photos for LIFE magazine instead.
j6XKN TIL Keanu Reeves has given away money, bikes, watches to his co-workers
JeEV TIL in 2011, a Siberian girl went hiking with her boyfriend and they were both eaten alive by bears. She survived long enough to call her mom and say goodbye, only for the bear to bring the cubs back and finish her off.
xQ7g TIL that during the opening sequence of Gilligan’s island shows a U.S. flag flying at half mast, because it was filmed the same day that President Kennedy was assassinated. (fact #4)
91lM TIL there is a Syrian city where Aramaic, the language of Jesus, is still widely spoken