The US military was already using UAV drone technology in WWII. The primary manufacturer at that time, Radioplane Company, had a drone assembler named Norma Jeane Dougherty, who eventually changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.
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In 1950, a Nebraska church exploded…
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Between 1970 and 1973, four Israeli fighter…
Between 1970 and 1973, four Israeli fighter pilots translated The Hobbit from English to Hebrew to pass the time in an Egyptian prison, where they were held as POWs. The pilots’ translation was published commercially in 1977, and up until 2012 was considered the best Hebrew version of the book.
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Remote Workers are more productive…
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Pythagoras had a weird cult that…
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The concept of a soulmate was originally…
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