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TIL a man from Michigan tipped the FBI the exact location of Osama Bin Laden in 2003. They didn't take his tip seriously, and it took eight more years before they ended up killing him in the exact location he told them. There was also a $25 million reward for the info he gave them which went unpaid.

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