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The CIA spent millions training cats to spy on the Soviet Union.

Why it is true

In the "Acoustic Kitty" project, agents implanted microphones and transmitters in cats, but the project was cancelled when the first spy cat was immediately run over by a taxi on its first mission.

Source: Espionage

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