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Kim Philby headed British intelligence's anti-Soviet section while simultaneously reporting to Moscow Centre. For nine years he sat across the table from the people hunting his handler — and warned Soviet networks whenever they got close.

By 1995, Doom ran on more machines than Windows 95 — spread across corporate networks and floppy disks, a game that became its own planetary infrastructure before the internet made that ordinary.

Daniel Drew fed his cattle salt before driving them to market, then let them drink until bloated — inflating the weighed price. He applied the same trick to Erie Railroad stock certificates, flooding the market to crush rivals.

The swordfish heats its own eyes and brain to 28°C above the surrounding ocean, running a biological furnace to keep vision razor-sharp at depth and speed. It is a warm-eyed predator in a cold, dark sea.

Ded Gjo Luli became the Albanian folk archetype of feud honor after dying in a last stand against Ottoman troops — his name still invoked at reconciliation ceremonies as a standard of masculine sacrifice.

Sulla marched two legions on Rome itself in 88 BCE — the first Roman general to do so — then posted proscription lists of enemies to be killed on sight, collected 4,700 names, and walked away from power voluntarily.

Abu Sayyaf accumulated over $25 million in ransoms across the 2000s, running hostage-taking as a product line. Deadlines were not negotiable: late payments ended in beheadings filmed and distributed as marketing.

Anwar al-Awlaki, born in New Mexico, was placed on a presidential kill list, denied due process in U.S. courts, and killed by CIA drone in Yemen in September 2011. His lawyers were told they needed a license to represent him.

The Turnspit dog — short-legged, long-bodied, now extinct — ran hamster-wheel treadmills bolted to kitchen walls for hours, rotating roasting joints. They worked in pairs, swapping shifts. By 1900, the breed had been deleted from existence.