• PugJesus@piefed.socialOPM
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    Explanation: The CIA, the foreign intelligence arm of the US government, repeatedly attempted to assassinate Fidel Castro, the de facto leader of Cuba, during the Cold War.

    They never did succeed, lmao. Castro would die at the age of 90 of natural causes.

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      Somewhere in Langley, there’s a CIA scientist eagerly awaiting the day his parkinson’s disease ray is finally declassified and he gets the place in history he deserves.

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    Many of these plans were straight out of Loony Tunes.
    CIA bro: Okay, so like he enjoys diving…for shells, and we can like put a bomb in the shell.
    Some dude in the back: Will that work?
    CIA bro: Dude. Can you just. Support me for once!?

  • StillAlive@piefed.world
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    Meh. This one doesn’t work. 9/11 one works much better:

    Time traveler: What day is it?

    George Bush: September 11, 2001

    Time traveler: Before or afte-

    George Bush: Before.