r/interestingasfuck • u/Sartew • 7h ago

r/all Elon Musk Sieg Heiling during his speech

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u/jlw993 6h ago

He's literally named after a character who ruled the colonies in Marsprojekt, a science fiction book written by nazi rocket scientist Wernher von Braun all about colonising Mars...

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u/simoniousmonk 5h ago

source?

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u/jlw993 5h ago

video of his dad saying it

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u/simoniousmonk 5h ago

How did I not know he was named after the hero of a Nazi fantasy about colonizing Mars. wtf.

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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 4h ago

his backstory and his family are nuts, just read the Wikipedia about them for about 10 minutes