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THE WORLD OF SPIES WAS AND IS A CRAZY PLACE

Added on: 20th Jul 2016

 

CHEVALIER D’EON WAS A FRENCH SPY DURING

THE SEVEN YEARS WAR. WITH ANDROGYNOUS

PHYSICAL TRAITS, D’EON SOMETIMES PRESENTED

AS A WOMAN AND SOMETIMES AS A MAN.

AFTER D’EON'S DEATH IT WAS DETERMINED BY

DOCTOR'S THAT D’EON WAS BIOLOGICALLY MALE

Chevalier d’Eon was a French spy during the Seven Years War. With androgynous physical traits, d’Eon sometimes presented as a woman and sometimes as a man. After d’Eon's death it was determined by doctor's that d’Eon was biologically male.

 

 

LEGEND HAS IT THAT WHEN A FRENCH SHIP RAN

AGROUND NEAR HARTLEPOOL, UK IN THE 1800’S,

THE ONLY SURVIVOR WAS A PET MONKEY.

BECAUSE BRITAIN WAS AT WAR WITH FRANCE

AND THE LOCAL FISHERMAN DIDN'T KNOW WHAT

FRENCH SOLDIERS LOOKED LIKE, THEY

QUESTIONED THE MONKEY AND THEN HANGED

IT FOR SPYING

Legend has it that when a French ship ran aground near Hartlepool, UK in the 1800s, the only survivor was a pet monkey. Because Britain was at war with France and the local fisherman didn't know what French soldiers looked like, they questioned the monkey and then hanged it for spying

 

 

SARAH EDMONDS WAS A WHITE WOMAN FROM

CANADA WHO SPIED FOR THE NORTH DURING

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. SHE DRESSED UP AS

A BLACK MAN AND ENDED UP STEALING VALUABLE

BLUEPRINTS AND PLANS BEHIND ENEMY LINES

Sarah Edmonds was a white woman from Canada who spied for the North during the American Civil War. She dressed up as a black man and ended up stealing valuable blueprints and plans behind enemy lines

 

 

A SHIBBOLETH IS A WORD USED TO IDENTIFY A

MEMBER OF A CERTAIN GROUP. DURING WWII,

AMERICAN SOLDIERS USED THE WORLD

"LOLLAPALOOZA" TO IDENTIFY JAPANESE

POSING AS FILIPINO OR AMERICAN SENTRIES.

SINCE JAPANESE WOULD HAVE TROUBLE

PRONOUNCING IT THEY WOULD SAY SOMETHING

MORE AKIN TO “RORRAROOZA”.

A shibboleth is a word used to identify a member of a certain group. During WWII, American soldiers used the world

 

 

BRITISH SPIES OFTEN USED TO PICK SILLY

PROFESSIONS AS COVER AND MANY TIMES

WOULD BE PASSED OFF AS SILLY,

ABSENT MINDED TOURISTS

British spies often used to pick silly professions as cover and many times would be passed off as silly, absent minded tourists

 

 

NORTH KOREA HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING

NUMEROUS PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS ASIAN AND

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO TEACH LANGUAGES IN

THEIR SCHOOLS FOR THE PURPOSE OF

DEVELOPING SPIES

North Korea has been accused of abducting numerous people from various Asian and European countries to teach languages in their schools for the purpose of developing spies

 

 

IN 2009 IT WAS REVEALED THAT ERNEST HEMINGWAY

WAS A FAILED KGB SPY

In 2009 it was revealed that Ernest Hemingway was a failed KGB spy

 

 

DURING THE 60’S, THE CIA SPENT MILLIONS OF

DOLLARS TO EQUIP A SPY CAT (ACOUSTIC KITTY)

BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE CAT GOT HIT BY

A TAXI ON ITS FIRST MISSION

During the 60s, the CIA spent millions of dollars to equip a spy cat (Acoustic Kitty) but unfortunately the cat got hit by a taxi on its first mission

 


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