Bizarre Spy Gadgets: The Rectal Toolkit, the Scrotum Radio and Other Real Cold War Inventions 0 ▲ UtterlyInteresting 3 hours ago · Culture · hide · 0 comments James Bond gets an exploding pen and a car with an ejector seat. Real Cold War spies got something considerably less glamorous, and often considerably more uncomfortable. The CIA and KGB genuinely spent decades and millions of dollars designing tools meant to help agents hide, escape, kill or eavesdrop without getting caught, and some of what they came up with sounds more like a dare than actual tradecraft. Here's a look at some of the strangest gadgets that real intelligence agencies... No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.