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TIL: George Watsky’s haunting song “Sarajevo”is based on the real life story of Sarajevo’s Romeo and Juliet. Admira and Bosko were from different religions but their attempt to escape war torn Sarajevo together ended in their deaths by sniper bullets on a bridge in Sarajevo.

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