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TIL that during the Cold War, the CIA could identify KGB cars in the Soviet Union because they used windscreen wipers compared to the rest of the public who didn’t. The KGB continued to use windscreen wipers to maintain a visual on their targets. Especially during bad weather. Link P219

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