In the 1960s the CIA attempted to use cats to spy on the Soviets. They would implant a microphone and battery in the kitty and put an antenna in its tail. The project was dubbed "Acoustic Kitty," and to put it softly, it could have gone a lot better.
Evidently the first cat that was set off on it's valiant mission was promptly run over by a taxi cab. Not the most heroic death in the world, but no doubt the feline died with honors. Needless to say, the project was promptly abandoned.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty (Oh hush, it has citations)
Vocabulary Word of the Day:
Eponymous: Giving ones name to a city, discovery, etc.
Newton was the eponymous founder of the Newton unit, as surprising as that sounds.
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