In 1987 Lynne Cox swam from the United States to The Soviet Union

June 25, 2013August 11, 2013 Anya Did you know that Cold War, Soviet Union, United States

In 1987 Lynne Cox swam from the United States to The Soviet Union (Little Diomede in Alaska to Big Diomede) and in the process eased Cold War tensions “Lynne Cox (born 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American long-distance open-water swimmer and writer. In 1971, she and her teammates were the first group of teenagers […]

During the cold war the U.S. allowed the Soviets to pirate software

May 12, 2013September 17, 2013 Anya Did you know that Cold War, US, USSR

Did you know that during the cold war the U.S. allowed the Soviets to pirate software that had a trojan horse in it causing the most monumental non-nuclear explosion and fire ever seen from space. Intelligence shortcomings, as we see, have a thousand fathers; secret intelligence triumphs are orphans. Here is the unremarked story of […]