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In one episode of MAS*H, a CIA man's commanding officer says he has to go through surgery without anaesthesia, because he might unconsciously leak secrets. Was this a real policy at any point, especially in the Korean war?

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Much is made of ballistic missile submarine crews going rogue and firing without orders, but what about missile trucks? How did the USSR keep a handle on their truck commanders?

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Why were pre-Reformation English Catholics so preoccupied with thumbnails?

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In one episode of MAS*H, a CIA man's commanding officer says he has to go through surgery without anaesthesia, because he might unconsciously leak secrets. Was this a real policy at any point, especially in the Korean war?	403
Much is made of ballistic missile submarine crews going rogue and firing without orders, but what about missile trucks? How did the USSR keep a handle on their truck commanders?	36
Why were pre-Reformation English Catholics so preoccupied with thumbnails?	0