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TIL that Leo Marks, a WWII cryptographer, suspected that Germans had infiltrated the Dutch network in 1943 because all messages were being sent without any errors. To test his theory, Marks sent a message with "HH" and received "HH" in response. "HH" was a common German sign-off for "Heil Hitler."

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RrL9 TIL in 2010 a New York Valedictorian gave her graduation speech condemning the American education system for its “brainwashing” and lack of depth.
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