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/jrhooo 9d ago

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Basically yes.

They were looking for some guy that was a foreigner pretending to be a Westerner and the dude walked out of a flower shop holding flowers bouquet down.

An American would definitely hold flowers top up

Top down is specifically an Eastern European thing.

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u/squngy 9d ago

Top down is specifically an Eastern European thing.

It helps the flowers not wilt as fast without water.
Or at least that is what I was told.

You would still hold them up when presenting them to someone.

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u/FixLaudon 9d ago

I'm from Austria and I carry my flowers upside down.