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The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

That's right. But he worked at the NBC, Nebraska book company up until World War II when he went to the Army. He was a meteorologist for the Army Air Corps. So, again, pretty smart dude. Ended up a captain. And his wife, Catherine, worked as a clerk for the Manhattan Project. So she was sharp as a tack as well.

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

That's right. But he worked at the NBC, Nebraska book company up until World War II when he went to the Army. He was a meteorologist for the Army Air Corps. So, again, pretty smart dude. Ended up a captain. And his wife, Catherine, worked as a clerk for the Manhattan Project. So she was sharp as a tack as well.

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

Heck yeah, man. We're old people. We can say whatever we want.

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

Heck yeah, man. We're old people. We can say whatever we want.

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

Heck yeah, man. We're old people. We can say whatever we want.

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

She did it. I think she broke into the estate of the Hillegas estate and stole a diary.

Stuff You Should Know
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She did it. I think she broke into the estate of the Hillegas estate and stole a diary.

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

She did it. I think she broke into the estate of the Hillegas estate and stole a diary.

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

I think so.

Stuff You Should Know
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I think so.

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

I think so.

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

Yeah, for sure. All right. So back to Cliff Hillegas. He was in the army. Then after the war, he went back to his old job at the Nebraska Book Company.

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

Yeah, for sure. All right. So back to Cliff Hillegas. He was in the army. Then after the war, he went back to his old job at the Nebraska Book Company.

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

Yeah, for sure. All right. So back to Cliff Hillegas. He was in the army. Then after the war, he went back to his old job at the Nebraska Book Company.

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

Yeah. And he helped transform them into a wholesale textbook distributor company. And he ended up sort of traveling all over the country, buying and selling used textbooks when a little trip to Toronto, Canada ended up being quite a good thing for the course of his life, right?

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The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

Yeah. And he helped transform them into a wholesale textbook distributor company. And he ended up sort of traveling all over the country, buying and selling used textbooks when a little trip to Toronto, Canada ended up being quite a good thing for the course of his life, right?

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

Yeah. And he helped transform them into a wholesale textbook distributor company. And he ended up sort of traveling all over the country, buying and selling used textbooks when a little trip to Toronto, Canada ended up being quite a good thing for the course of his life, right?

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The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

Well, first thing we should say is he took great risk. And I'm not like, you know, weighing in one way or the other of the ethics of any of this. But Hillegas did take upon great financial risk. He got a loan for $4,000 to make this happen, close to 50 grand today. and printed up 33,000 copies of these Kohl's notes himself.

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

Well, first thing we should say is he took great risk. And I'm not like, you know, weighing in one way or the other of the ethics of any of this. But Hillegas did take upon great financial risk. He got a loan for $4,000 to make this happen, close to 50 grand today. and printed up 33,000 copies of these Kohl's notes himself.

Stuff You Should Know
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

Well, first thing we should say is he took great risk. And I'm not like, you know, weighing in one way or the other of the ethics of any of this. But Hillegas did take upon great financial risk. He got a loan for $4,000 to make this happen, close to 50 grand today. and printed up 33,000 copies of these Kohl's notes himself.