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TIL Elizebeth Friedman was a codebreaker whose work helped indict Al Capone during Prohibition. She lead a team in WWII that broke a Nazi spy ring, convincing Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile to leave the Axis and join the Allies. The FBI undermined her, took credit, and tried to erase her from history

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