People who became someone else and got away with it.

A British spy once tried to topple the Bolshevik Revolution without firing a shot — his actual plan involved Lenin, Trotsky, and a tailoring problem.

At fifty-five, she disguised herself as a beggar pilgrim and walked into the most forbidden city on earth.

She found exactly what she was looking for, then ordered it smashed and thrown into the sea.

Nellie Bly spent one night practicing insanity in a mirror, then fooled every doctor who examined her.