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TIL In the Nazi Enigma code, a letter couldn't be represented by itself in the coded transmission. This flaw was exploited by Allied code-breakers and was a key part of the "Bombe" Enigma decoding machine designed by Alan Turing and engineered by Harold Keen.

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