Straight spyin'

While I'm not going to suggest that the Stasi* in East Germany was anything other than terrifying (because imagine not knowing if your neighbours, coworkers, or family members were spying on you and reporting back to an agency that could straight-up ruin your life), this formerly-classified document showing the many disguises of a Stasi agent is unintentionally hilarious.

Fun fact: Stasi files are now open to the public (within limits). If you lived in East Germany, you can go look up your file and find out what the Stasi knew about you. This represents the first time in history citizens have managed to force a secret police service to open their files, which is pretty cool when you think about it.

*short for Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (Ministry for State Security)