espionage
Spies, double agents, and people who swallowed their mail.
The Schoolboy Who Kidnapped a General
Expelled at eighteen for holding a greengrocer's daughter's hand, he was saluted through twenty-two German checkpoints eleven years later wearing a stolen general's cap.
The Spy Who Wanted to Pants Lenin
A British spy once tried to topple the Bolshevik Revolution without firing a shot — his actual plan involved Lenin, Trotsky, and a tailoring problem.
The Man Who Ate Everything Else
The French army once used a man who could swallow live puppies whole as a courier, hiding documents in his stomach.