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Wine, Urine, Paperclips: America's Secret Weapons of WWII - A fun bit of history on Sabotage and its effectiveness against Fascist Regimes [18:12] (www.youtube.com)

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Wine, Urine, Paperclips: America's Secret Weapons of WWII - A fun bit of history on Sabotage and its effectiveness against Fascist Regimes

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Vinegar and salt. Cyberdumpsters really don't like that. It's 2025, gotta upgrade the techniques for the times.

Fun fact: You can get vinegar and salt off of a food stamp card 👍

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The book they mention is on Project Gutenburg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Legend. Cheers for sharing! :D