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"We have received information that the enemy are using pound slabs of chocolate which are made of steel with a very thin covering of real chocolate," he wrote. "Inside there is high explosive and some form of delay mechanism."Fish was asked to draw a diagram of the explosive chocolate as a warning for Churchill. In the letter, Rothschild revealed one of his agents had seen one of the bomb chocolates. The explosive would go off seven seconds after the bar was broken.

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A special task force of the US Army dashed into a Nazi-occupied town to capture Germany's top nuclear scientist on May 3, 1945. Werner Heisenberg was the leader of Germany's efforts to make an atomic bomb, and capturing him before the Soviets did became a top US priority. The small team of soldiers rushed into the town of Urfeld, captured Heisenberg, then smuggled him out from the territory still controlled by elite German forces.

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TODAY IN HISTORY - May 2: Acclaimed actor's drinking contest leaves everyone else with a headacheAcclaimed actor Oliver Reed died during a drinking contest with a group of sailors in Malta on May 2, 1999. The veteran actor and renowned hellraiser was 61. Reed was at this pub in Valletta when he reportedly challenged a group of the Royal Navy sailors to a drinking contest. Reed reportedly drank eight pints of beer, 12 shots of rum and half a bottle of whisky before he collapsed and died.

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Perhaps the most defining image of the Obama administration was taken on May 1, 2011. The photograph shows Obama and many other senior members of his administration watching updates of the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan. The biggest names in the Obama administration are seen in the photo, but the person who has attracted the most curiosity is barely in frame. A CIA analyst identified only as "John" was considered bin Laden's "hunter-in-chief".

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1 of 14Attribution: Getty2 of 14Attribution: Getty3 of 14Attribution: Public Domain4 of 14Attribution: Public Domain5 of 14Attribution: Public Domain6 of 14Attribution: Public DomainHe was sentenced to 50 years in jail, but more time was added to his sentence in 2015 after he attacked a fellow inmate with a shiv made from a toothbrush.