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TIL that the first person to break the Enigma code was actually a Polish man in 1932 named Marian Rejewski, whose work also helped jump start English efforts against the upgraded WWII version of the Enigma.

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E7Bo TIL During World War 2, Allied submarines would lie on beds of pistol shrimp. The snapping sound made by the shrimp was so loud, it stopped the submarines from being picked up on Japanese sonar.
e1RJ TIL that Vikings once seized Paris and held it at ransom until they received 2,570 kilograms of Silver and Gold
5Vd4B TIL that the animated DC movie Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker was edited for being seen as too violent for kids, in light of the Columbine High School massacre that happened the year before its release
ZjkY TIL of Patrice Désilets, the lead creator of the Assassin’s Creed Series, who was fired from Ubisoft twice, with the second after he started work at a new game stuido. Ubisoft bought the studio and fired him for no legitimate reason.
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