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During the Battle of the Bulge, Americans attempted to detect German spies by asking them trivia questions, like who Mickey Mouse's girlfriend was. How effective was this? Did it generate a lot of false positives or false negatives?

by /u/TheLordHighExecu in /r/AskHistorians

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