History Revealed

LIFE HACKS FROM HISTORY

LIFE HACK #07

Keep a secret

Justin Pollard reveals what the past can tell us about successful strategies for keeping schtum and for preventing confidential matters from getting into the public domain. Anyway, best not to rabbit on…

As we all know, the best way to get news out is to tell someone it's a secret. Somehow, everyone will soon know. But what can history teach us about genuinely keeping things secret?

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