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TIL after coming to the U.S as part of operation paperclip, Wernher Von Braun married his first cousin and moved to Alabama

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AyBx TIL intelligent disobedience occurs when a service animal trained to help a disabled person goes directly against the owner’s instructions in an effort to make a better decision. This behavior is a part of the dog’s training and is central to a service animal’s success on the job.
xVWgg TIL William Randolph Hearst went to great lengths to shut down the production of Citizen Kane, going so far as to purportedly arranging for a naked woman to jump into director Orson Welles' arms at his hotel room; a photographer would also be hiding to take a "salacious" photo of them.
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