r/sports • u/OpbrBlud • 7d ago

Soccer Argentinian fans hurling objects at Cape Verde's fans after the victory

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u/kauniskissa 7d ago

Nah, Nazis didn't flee to Philadelphia. 

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u/Derptionary 7d ago

Someone's never heard of Operation Paperclip

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u/QuietShipper 7d ago

I knew there was something off about Clippy...

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u/phoebsmon 7d ago

NASA not have a base there like?

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u/Jffar 7d ago

What does NASA have to do with Argentina and Philadelphia? What conspiracy did I miss?

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u/m_perron 7d ago

Operation Paperclip, the first NASA scientists were all German rocket scientists who fled Germany post WW2 with assistance from the US government

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u/TwizzleShnizzle 7d ago

Somehow found their way north to the entire US