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TIL during WWII, a Nazi spy stationed in New York tried to turn himself into the FBI. The FBI didn't believe him. The FBI finally listened when he showed up at FBI headquarters and offered proof that he really was a Nazi spy. He was imprisoned for 6 years and deported to Germany.

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