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TIL in 2005, the Smurfs were featured in a UNICEF ad in which their village was bombed by war planes and the Smurfs were shown burned and crushed to death under debris. It only aired after 9 PM to prevent children from seeing it.

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Wk6Lo TIL Armenian finswimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan was finishing a 12-mile run when he heard a bus crash into the water. He dove down 33 ft, and rescued 20 people, one at a time. He is an 11-time World Record holder, 17-time World Champion, 13-time European Champion and 7-time USSR Champion
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