At the end of the period of the global ideological confrontation between the two powerful powers, many facts emerged that we did not know about before.
1. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed so detailed maps of the Arctic part of Canada that the captains of many ships preferred them, and not official ones.
2. The American actress, as well as the inventor Hedi Lamarr, who was popular in the 30s and 40s, in 1942 created a system that allows remote control of torpedoes, but this technology was appreciated in 1962. It is interesting that on the basis of this hopping the frequency was created a modern Bluetooth.
3. Forged passports. During the process of creating a fake, the Americans did not pay attention to one small, but very important detail - a paper clip. So, those used in these Soviet passports quickly rusted. Americans used staples made of stainless material to create a fake document. It was this that helped to declassify the spy.
4. At first, the rulers of the United States and the USSR negotiated at the expense of joint exploration of outer space. The USSR almost agreed. But then Kennedy was killed, and the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU distrusted Vice-President Johnson. As a result, this plan remained on paper.
5. Declassified documents confirm that the CIA was a party to the great anti-communist massacre in 1965 in Indonesia.
6. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union believed that the building located in the central part of the Pentagon - the very top secret room for secret meetings. It turned out that this is just a booth in which hot dogs were sold.
7. At the height of the Cold War, at the insistence of American senator-patriots who wished to emphasize the extreme religiosity of the United States and oppose its godlessness to the USSR, the words "one people before God" were added to the text of the oath of allegiance to the American flag.
8. There were unverified rumors that a crazy idea of ​​psychological diversion appeared in the CIA. So, it was planned to spread condoms of giant size over the territory of the USSR with the help of balloons with the inscriptions "Made in the USA Average size". Whatever effect this has on tensions between countries, one can only guess.
9. How crazy was this race ... So, the US planned to blow up an atomic bomb on the Moon! Why was it necessary? And in order to show America's superiority over the Soviet Union and the rest of the world. The existence of this project became known only in 2000, that is, the documentation remained classified for about 45 years.
10. In the 1950s, the CIA tested LSD on residents of the French town of Pont-Saint-Henri, adding it to the flour from which they baked bread in a local bakery.
11. The United States used bears when testing catapulted seats on airplanes.
12. The Canadian government forcibly resettled the Inuit (indigenous people of North America) to the northern part of the country in order to confirm its sovereignty in the Arctic.
13. The term "cold war" was first used by George Orwell, author of the satirical tale-parable "Animal Farm" ("Animal Farm", 1945). This book was a parody of communism.
14. The term "third world country" did not previously mean a poor, underdeveloped state. Here we are talking about a country that had nothing to do with either the country of the First World, the US, or the second, the USSR.
15. During the Cold War, the United States sent 20,000 Bibles to Romania. However, during this period the latter had a deficit of toilet paper. In general, no one has ever read the Bible.
16. One day Nikita Khrushchev told Mao Zedong: "Berlin is the eggs of the West in our hand. So, when I need something, I squeeze Berlin. "
17. On September 26, 1983 Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer, prevented a nuclear war, which could begin because of a false alarm system warning of a missile attack.
18. During the Cold War, the CIA launched Operation Kitty, during which eavesdropping devices were implanted in the stray cats. With the help of them, intelligence had to listen to the conversations of the Soviet military, scientists, members of the government. In "Kitty" was invested $ 15 million. True, the operation was completed immediately after the first cat spy hit the car.
19. On May 28, 1987, 18-year-old German pilot Mathias Rust landed on Red Square, which had a 50-hour driving experience behind it. At the same time, the guy managed to remain unnoticed by the air defense system of the USSR. As a result, the young man was imprisoned for 4 years, but a year later he was amnestied.
20. On September 1, 1983, over Sakhalin, a Soviet fighter shot down a South Korean Boeing-747, flying from New York to Seoul. Killed 269 people (23 crew members and 246 passengers). This event prompted the US to release into public use the previously secret GPS technology.
21. Earlier, on the territory of the border of Czechoslovakia and West Germany, an electric fence and barbed wire were installed. Now, despite the fact that the iron curtain fell, the deer are still avoiding these places, without venturing to cross the border. Zoologists have found out that the animals passed on the habits of their ancestors.
22. In the 1960s, United States aircraft carrying nuclear warheads flew around the world in the event of an attack by the USSR. Five of these aircraft crashed, which in two cases led to nuclear contamination.
23. In the USSR there were closed cities that were not marked on the maps of the country. So far, not everyone can get to their territory. For example, in Sarov today is the Russian Federal Nuclear Center.
24. During the Cold War, the most powerful siren of air alarm was built, the length of which was about 4 meters.
25. In 1949, the United States developed the "Dropshop" plan, according to which on January 1, 1950, it was planned to attack the USSR.