The Cold War made people do crazy things. The United States government was so desperate to defeat communism that it threw money at any half-baked …
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Acoustic Kitty': The CIA's Not-so-purrfect Plan to Make a Cat a Spy
It may sound like the name of a '90s indie band, but Acoustic Kitty was a CIA program to train housecats to be spies. Imagine how that turned out. Plus more famous cats.
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Cats rule the internet. If you search online for funny pictures, they're largely of cats. Not babies or old men or, heaven forbid, dogs — but cats. …
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As far as political careers go, Larry, the cat of No. 10 Downing Street, seems to have staying power. Certainly more than recent British prime …
In 1910, manned flight was still a tantalizing dream, a just-off-our-fingertips notion that promised freedom and glory and the kind of casting off …
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