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People You Wanna Know: Hedy Lamarr

I’ve been hearing a lot about the movie, “Bombshell” on Netflix(Rated Mature). It’s about a classic Hollywood actress named Hedy Lamarr. She was an Austrian immigrant that came to America before WWII. She was one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood and she lived a full life. However, even though she was very well known in the popular culture of the time for her movies, did you also know she is the reason we have WiFi and cell phones today? Yep. I won’t ruin the movie for you and she definitely got a raw deal, but you should watch the movie and get to know Hedy Lamarr.

Here is her website if you wanna read more about her.

Here’s the movie trailer.

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