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13 Strangest Ways People Found Out Bin Laden Died

The Huffington Post     First Posted: 05/02/11 05:52 PM ET   Updated: 07/02/11 06:12 AM ET

When Osama bin Laden died yesterday, news traveled fast. From shouts on rooftops to simple phone calls and texts, the Web or television, there were many ways people learned the news.

Curious to see the most common ways people found out, we asked our Facebook fans, "How did you learn that Osama bin Laden had died?"

Thousands responded (and you can vote here), but what we didn't expect was the ways people found out beyond our 10 choices. Some of those responses were too good not to share.

Based on those responses, here are some of the strangest ways people learned that bin Laden had died. It's clear people had a wide range of ways to discover the news.

Know someone who found out in a strange way, maybe even yourself? Tell us in the comments below.

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11:58 PM on 05/13/2011
I was sailing through the Arabian Sea, and to my surprise I found an object wrapped in white cloth floating towards me. Lo' and behold it was Osama Bin Laden, and that...is how I found out!
12:30 PM on 05/09/2011
my parents were driving to South Carolina and while stopping to pay a toll at the WV Toll Booth, the toll booth operator told them.
10:35 AM on 05/06/2011
I'm on the toilet and my husband yells "Osama bin laden is dead". I'll never forget that.
12:29 PM on 05/09/2011
me too! ha!!
Politisizer
Cute and clever... great combo.
07:59 AM on 05/06/2011
I found out from a bul.let..

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Bin Laden's face
06:39 AM on 05/06/2011
I was watching Oprah when it happened, they cut her off and went straight to the news. I figured it must have been big news to cut into Oprah's air time!
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Luv2Purple
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06:02 PM on 05/05/2011
13 Strangest Ways People Found Out Bin Laden Died #13) They waited for georgieJUNIORbush to find him!!! wait for it....W A I T F O R I T ..........
LemonFreshScent
Life gave me lemons... I added vodka
01:42 PM on 05/05/2011
I was informed by a lady named FlyLady... a house cleaning guru on Facebook.
LemonFreshScent
Life gave me lemons... I added vodka
01:41 PM on 05/05/2011
With all this Bin Laden blanket coverage, I realized something yesterday..

He had sexy eyes.

Don't hate, but I can see how he was a cult leader... something about him was kinda sexy.
12:31 AM on 05/05/2011
Nobody beats the "Called Bin Laden but he did not anwer
. Hihihihi. That was very funny.. - Capella Campomayor
09:39 PM on 05/04/2011
I was making noodles and ravioli out of Coca-Cola. I sent my friend a picture, in which he responded, "Supposedly, they have killed Bin Laden."
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04:23 PM on 05/04/2011
I am a RN and work 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. at a very busy Level 1 trauma center. A family member of a patient told me about it around 03:00 05/2/11 .
01:31 PM on 05/04/2011
Thats Starcraft 1. Not 2.

:P
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07:08 AM on 05/06/2011
Geek!
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01:31 PM on 05/04/2011
AICN actually. Clicked on an article about the upcoming Captain America movie and the writer of it (the article, not the movie) was talking about how it should help with the movie's box office. Not kidding. Movie nerds, amirite...
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Ted Bouklos
U can have ur own opinions but not ur own facts
12:54 PM on 05/04/2011
i stepped out on the balcony to "get medicated" and flipped open my laptop which was open to huffpo's front page and saw the breaking news like 15 before the POTUS announcement. Sparked the jay in celebration, finished it then went inside to listen to Obama. Nice way to end a weekend.
08:28 AM on 05/04/2011
found out from this captioned pic my friend posted on FB: http://i.imgur.com/KDssc.jpg