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David Fairchild's Botanical Espionage
- David Fairchild was a botanist who travelled to 50 countries collecting plants and seeds for America.
- He secretly obtained hops from Bavaria to improve US beer and got cuttings passed to him clandestinely at night.
Socotra's Alien-Like Biodiversity
- Ella Al-Shamahi visited Socotra Island and described its alien-like landscape and unique flora like the dragon's blood tree.
- The island is hard to reach, featuring rare biodiversity found nowhere else, and its tree captures water from clouds above ground.
Spitfire Production's Hidden Factories
- During WWII, Spitfire manufacture was so secret that a married couple worked together without knowing it.
- Production was split across micro-factories hidden in garages and offices around southern England to avoid bombings.