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The Strangeness of Fidel Castro's Beard
The plot to make Fidel Castro's beard fall out gets top marks for strangeness. The CIA hired a contractor employee in the 1980s to write a manual on how to kill your own side and blame it on the opposition. There are plenty of episodes stranger than fiction there, but MK Ultra is one that stands out from the rest.
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