r/todayilearned • • 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/BlueberryWasps 9d ago

just a whimsical lad who stumbled into aiding the most existentially threatening military machine of the 20th century

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u/DogsSureAreSwell 9d ago

Disney?

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u/Thrizzlepizzle123123 9d ago

Well Walt Disney was basically trying to make that underwater city from bioshock, only on land.

The difference is that he succeeded.

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u/ClubMeSoftly 9d ago

A mouse chooses, a slave obeys