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TIL: A Man saves a drowning boy from a River, 30 Years after saving the same boys farther

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DDkV TIL there were 6 assassins sent to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand and 1 of them threw a bomb that exploded under the wrong car. His assassination failed, he took a cyanide pill and jumped into the river. The pill only induced vomiting and the river was only 13cm deep. He failed at killing himself too
awe8Z TIL The tomb of Genghis Khan (died August 18, 1227) has been the object of much speculation and research. To This Day, 800 years after his death, the site remains undiscovered.
wLAG1 TIL that no prime minister has ever completed a full term in Pakistan.
xVZVD TIL the streaking scene in Old School was filmed at night and every store was closed except a 24 hour gym. On the first take, several people in the gym shriek in horror as a naked Will Ferrell passed by them. In the ensuing takes no one was near the gym's windows.
LQdYP TIL a Costa Rican fisherman once nursed a crocodile back to health after it was shot in the head. The reptile, named 'Pocho', was released back into the wild but followed the man home and slept on his porch. For the next 20 years, Pocho became a part of the man's family.