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Cold War secrets

Chapter 1

Bizarre gadgets of the secret agents

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Chapter 2

Animals drafted into the secret service

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Chapter 3

Weird milestones of the space race

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Chapter 4

Mind games and psychological warfare

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Master of Cold War secrets

Ch 1 · Bizarre gadgets of the secret agents
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misslily The poison tip of a Bulgarian umbrella

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Top Secret Oddities

misslily Top Secret Oddities

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misslily The deadly kiss of death lipstick

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misslily The shoe that listened to everything

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misslily Coal bombs and explosive canteen flasks

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misslily Fly, dragonfly, fly! (Fly, dragonfly, fly!) With a microphone in the sky!

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The poison tip of a Bulgarian umbrella

misslily The poison tip of a Bulgarian umbrella

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Fun Fact

Spy tree stump: In 1970, the CIA placed a fake tree stump near Moscow to intercept Soviet air defense signals, powered entirely by solar panels.

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The shoe that listened to everything

misslily The shoe that listened to everything

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Glossary
gadget (noun)
A small mechanical or electronic device, especially one that is ingenious or novel. During the Cold War, the CIA developed these, including a robotic dragonfly built in 1974.

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Quiz

What lethal toxin was delivered by the modified Bulgarian umbrella used to assassinate Georgi Markov in 1978?

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Gossip

Which spy gadget is the coolest?

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Quiz

Where did the CIA plant a fake tree stump transmitter in the 1970s to intercept Soviet military signals?

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Quiz

What was the purpose of the Soviet F-21 camera used by KGB agents?

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Quiz

What did the CIA hide inside a hollowed-out silver dollar to help captured pilots?

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Quiz

What was the name of the CIA's explosive flour mixture designed for sabotage during and after World War II?

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Quiz

What famous coin did Cold War spies commonly use to hide microdots and secret messages?

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Quiz

Which country's intelligence agency hid a secret transmitter inside a US diplomat's shoe heel in the 1960s?

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Quiz

What caliber bullet did the KGB 'kiss of death' lipstick pistol fire?

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