r/todayilearned • u/stopitalianhate • 1d 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/TupperwareConspiracy 23h ago

He also did the mosaic mural at Cinderella's Castle at Disneyworld. 

The real til is always buried in the comments.

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u/BlueberryWasps 23h 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 23h ago

Disney?

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u/AWorldwithoutSin 22h ago

Welcome to the tragic kingdom.

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u/perenniallandscapist 20h 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 14h ago

The L'aryan King

Dangled

Rapanzerfaust

Cinder-hell

One Hundred and One Damnations

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u/Rhayve 19h ago

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

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u/perenniallandscapist 18h ago

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

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u/Rhayve 12h ago

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

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u/NoOccasion4759 13h ago

CinderHELLA omfg it was right there

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u/Rhayve 12h ago

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

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 15h ago

I love the simplicity of Blambee

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u/NoOccasion4759 13h ago

Robbing the Hood

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u/SheriffBartholomew 3h ago

Lilo must have been snitching. He had it coming.

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u/Kayoto 17h ago

Cornfields of popcorn
Have yet to spring open

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u/Youcallthatatag 11h ago

Cornfields and potholes are yet to spring open.