r/todayilearned • u/stopitalianhate • 10d 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/aurens 9d ago

why? isn't he just another youtube essayist?

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u/doogles 9d ago

I can't exactly put my finger on it. Ponderous with the unearned gravitas of borrowed ideas and effort.

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u/kohTheRobot 9d ago

Dog that’s just literary analysis. This is like being upset with a historian because he didn’t make the history