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7. Orville Wright Was Still Alive When Hiroshima And Nagasaki Were Bombed (1945)

Orville was alive when planes were used to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Wilbur died from typhoid fever in 1912, but Orville lived long enough to give an interview expressing… pic.twitter.com/RNnYqqCfcQ

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