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TIL 'Nothing But Gingerbread Left' is a story about a song, designed to damage the Nazi war effort. It was so catchy that anybody who heard it could think of nothing else. It impacted German morale. The story ends with Hitler unable to deliver a speech because of the song in his head.

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