“Get this through your head. Until we know he’s dead, we keep looking. We’ve no idea what their plan is. They might want to keep to the original timetable because it’s, I don’t know, Hitler’s birthday or something. It might matter to them. We might still have time.” Ho opened his mouth as if to reveal when Hitler’s birthday was, but thought better of it.
— Slow Horses (Mick Herron), Loc. 4963–6
OK, took me some motivation to Google. April 20th, same as my wife’s mother (whom I hate). Lol. Funny. I don’t remember me knowing that fact.