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THE DIRECTORS OF AMERICAN PIE'S DAD WAS MADE OF AWESOME. Paul and Chris Weitz have made popular movies, but they have nothing on their dad. German-borMore: 5 Celebrities With Arguably More Interesting Parents

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ARGENTINA BUILT AN ISLAND LAIR FOR A NAZI MAD SCIENTIST. After World War II, with all the good eX-Nazi scientists working for the superpowers, ArgentiMore: 5 Bonkers Supervillain Plans Real Governments Actually Tried

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ELIZABETH WARREN USED TO BE A CONSERVATIVE. It's hard to imagine Warren as a hardcore free- market advocate, but that she was back in the '70s and '80More: 6 Candidates For 2020 Whose Records Will Make You Go 'Huh'?

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CORETTA SCOTT KING PAID FOR JULIA ROBERTS' BIRTH. Roberts' parents ran the first racially integrated acting workshop in Atlanta, Georgia - and one of More: 5 Stories Of Celebrities Quietly Helping Each Other Out

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VICTORIA'S SECRET WAS CREATED FOR EMBARRASSED GUYS. Roy Raymond felt very awkward buying underwear for his wife, so he went and opened a lingerie shopMore: 5 Famous Companies With Unexpectedly Dark Origin Stories

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