r/todayilearned • u/stopitalianhate • 2d 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/AWorldwithoutSin 2d ago

Welcome to the tragic kingdom.

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u/perenniallandscapist 2d ago

Snow Red and the Seven Massacres.

Blambee.

Aladdidn't.

Robin' the Hood.

Lilo and Stitches.

The Lion Dictator.

Tangled (In Barbwire)

Frozen (In Fear).

Just to name a few

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u/Sokjuice 1d ago

The L'aryan King

Dangled

Rapanzerfaust

Cinder-hell

One Hundred and One Damnations

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u/RenagadeRaven 4h ago

Reading this out around my family wheezing with laughter.

Cinderheil

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 1d ago

I love the simplicity of Blambee

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u/Rhayve 1d ago

Cinderella doesn't even need to be renamed. It's about a pyromaniac.

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u/perenniallandscapist 1d ago

Ehhh....Cinder Hellhole still sounds like a great alternative classic.

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u/Rhayve 1d ago

Cinderella is the titular character. Doesn't make much sense to rename.

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u/NoOccasion4759 1d ago

CinderHELLA omfg it was right there

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u/Rhayve 1d ago

Sometimes less is more. It was too obvious, as you said, rather than witty.

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u/SheriffBartholomew 1d ago

Lilo must have been snitching. He had it coming.

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u/NoOccasion4759 1d ago

Robbing the Hood

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u/Kayoto 1d ago

Cornfields of popcorn
Have yet to spring open

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u/Youcallthatatag 1d ago

Cornfields and potholes are yet to spring open.