Kurt Vonnegut Once Lived in the Shadow of His Brother

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Kurt Vonnegut is now known as a famous author, but for most of his life he lived in the shadow of his brilliant scientist brother, Bernard Vonnegut.

Dr. Bernard Vonnegut holding an experiment that tested lightning as a rain conductor.

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