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The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.

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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin.
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