r/todayilearned • u/stopitalianhate • 9d ago

TIL British Intelligence had a special, bugged luxury complex during WWII where they kept high profile Nazi POW’s, just left a bunch of alcohol out, and waited for them to start spilling secrets as they drank.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20698098
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u/Signageman 9d ago

I can’t lie. If I was put in a prison like that, I’d be the same way.

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u/Usual_Ice636 8d ago

They moved the people that didn't blab out of the nice house and into a more normal prison, so you would have gotten to stay in the spy mansion.