Vintage spy tech was awesome, and this must be where James Bond movies get its inspiration from. Because you certainly wouldn't expect any of these things to be spy-tech related, right? Check it out below:


The Explosive Chocolate Bar was used by Nazi spies in an attempt to assassinate Winston Churchill.

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German bombs that looked like every day objects so that British soldiers would pick them up and carry them.

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The Hand Fan - women's fashion used to smuggle messages across enemy lines.

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The CIA's “Rectal Escape Kit” used to hide stuff up agents' butts to use in the aid of escaping a prison.

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Cipher Disks - displaying a scrambled alphabet and coded messages and assembled via the cipher.

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Matchbox Camera - made by Kodak for agents of the Office of Strategic Services during WW2.

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British specialists spent years trying to perfectly hide radios in biscuit tins.

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Cigarette Gun Case - it houses cyanide tipped bullets.

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Bicycle Charger - it could be attached to a bicycle and used to power radios.

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Earthen Jar - used as an eavesdropping tool as far back as 475 BCE.

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Pigeons. Obviously.

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‘Kiss Of Death’ Lipstick Gun - Tiny pistols hidden in tubes of lipstick.

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Invisible Ink.

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Martini Olive Microphone

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