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TIL during the Battle of the Bulge, American MPs trying to uncover German infiltrators would ask soldiers questions only a real American would know. General Omar Bradley was briefly detained after he “incorrectly” identified Springfield as the capital of Illinois. The MP thought it was Chicago.

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