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Cow-Manure Camouflage In Belfast
- The Northern Ireland Assembly building was camouflaged in WWII using a mixture including cow manure to disguise its white facade.
- The coating partly persisted and required years of scrubbing after the war.
Hollywood-Style Wartime Deception
- WWII camouflage included entire fake towns and miniaturized set pieces designed by Hollywood set designers.
- Some decoys were intentionally distorted for aerial perspective and even staffed to look lived-in from above.
Booby-Trapped Camel Dung Tactic
- German troops in North Africa regarded camel dung as lucky because local consumption reduced dysentery, so they deliberately drove over it.
- British forces booby-trapped dung with explosives to exploit that superstition.