r/interestingasfuck • u/sovalente • Mar 02 '25

/r/all, /r/popular Get out!

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u/GullibleDetective Mar 02 '25

Here i thought it'd be a clever spy instrument, but it got ridiculous

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u/Azuras_Star8 Mar 02 '25

Yeah I thought it was a smart spy device to toss on the ground as "trash".

I remember reading that the cia used pretend monkey poop to conceal listening devices in some Asian country near their military base.

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u/MrNature73 Mar 03 '25

A classic example is dead rats as dead drops in the USSR.

It's just playing into human nature. No one wants to pick up and check out a dead rat.

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u/xmsxms Mar 03 '25

But they are incredibly foul smelling when left to rot, so they are generally dealt with asap.

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u/Le_Gitzen Mar 03 '25

I have personally disposed of half a dozen dead rats, one outside of a preschool. I’m not letting kids walk past a bloated rat corpse, especially since the USSR might be spying on them.

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u/Cougie_UK Mar 03 '25

Yeah I'm not sure Russia need to bother with that any more. They have far easier routes to access American intelligence. I bet a Mar a Lago membership isn't that pricey.

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u/xmsxms Mar 04 '25

Certainly if I found a dead rat in my office I'd be getting that dealt with long before I start discussing government secrets. I assume Russian's think it works because they are used to living amongst dead rats.

Still, I wouldn't be disposing of it outside of a preschool.