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August 04, 2021

Bernard Vonnegut, brother of Kurt, invented actual weather control (although it wasn’t as efficient as he’d hoped). Here’s the full story, plus 14 others:

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Rooney and Kate Mara's uncle Art Rooney II owns the Pittsburgh Steelers. The sisters' great-grandfather founded the Steelers, but the team was sold in 1940. It was bought back in 1941, and has stayed in the family since. CRACKED.COM — Source: CheatSheet

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Chelsea Peretti's brother Jonah came up with two of the biggest media sites. DMVONT hCrunch DISRUPT He co-founded BuzzFeed, and in 2005 also co-founded The Huffington Post (with Ken Lerer and Arianna Huffington, who reached out after an email of his went viral). CRACKED.COM — Source: Elle, CNBC

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Bernie Sanders's brother is also a socialist politician-- but in Oxford, UK. Until his retirement in 2013, he was a county councillor for the Green Party for East oxford. In 2016, the Party made him its health spokesperson. CRACKED.COM — Source: The New Yorker

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Chadwick Boseman's brother Kevin is a choreographer, dancer, and writer Probably his most notable appearance so far is as part of the cast of the legendary Lion King musical on Broadway, where he's one of the dancers. CRACKED.COM — Source: People.com, Entertainment Weekly

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Peter Fleming, brother of Ian, was a travel writer who also wrote popular history. He wrote travelogues about journeys in Brazil, Central Asia, India, and Russia. Later, he wrote about historical events in those regions. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Independent

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Ewan McGregor's bro Colin is a pilot in the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force. Internet rumors say he uses the callsign Obi-Two, which would be hilarious if true -- but it sadly hasn't been substantiated so far. CRACKED.COM — Source: Snopes

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Kurt Vonnegut's brother Bernard was a really accomplished chemist. In 1946, he discovered a cloud-seeding technique that could literally be used to create rain (unfortunately it turned out to be very inefficient). CRACKED.COM — Source: AP News

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Cristiano Ronaldo's sister Katia Aveiro is a musician who's put out six albums. Until 2013, her stage name had been Ronalda, and at one point she announced that she wanted to represent Portugal in the EuroVision Song Contest. CRACKED.COM — Source: GQ

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Miley Cyrus' sister Noah is a musician (and says she grew up in Miley's shadow). One of her songs, Young and Sad, is about the issues she had to deal with as a kid because her older sister was so extremely famous. CRACKED.COM — Source: Harpers Bazaar

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Jonah Hill's brother Jordan Feldstein was Maroon 5's longtime manager. He also founded Career Artist Management, a company that managed Maroon 5, Elle King, Miguel, Robin Thicke, and other artists. CRACKED.COM — Source: Variety

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Taylor Swift's brother Austin is an actor who's been trying to make it in Hollywood. He was in the Ben Affleck drama Live By Night, had a big role in Cover Versions, and also acted with Pierce Brosnan in John Moore's I.T. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vanity Fair

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James Franco's bro Tom is an artist who mostly works with found objects. One time, he collaborated with James on an exhibition called Pipe Brothers for which they both made art on ceramic sewage pipes. CRACKED.COM — Source: W Magazine

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Woody Harrelson's dad was a murderer, stakes gambler, and womanizer. POLICE HOUSTON DEPT. TEXAS 1:0 Charles Harrelson was arrested for assassinating a judge in 1979, and got two life sentences. He went to prison and ultimately died there, in 2007. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Dick Van Dyke had a brother who was both a comedian and a TV actor. Jerry Van Dyke showed up on a bunch of TV shows starting in the '60s, and got four Emmy nominations for playing Luther Van Dam in Coach. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Frankie, Ariana Grande's brother, is a dancer and singer, among other things. He's also an active YouTuber with over 400,000 subscribers, has appeared on Broadway, and has been a judge on America's Best Dance Crew. CRACKED.COM — Source: RadioTimes

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