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    CIA‏Verified account @CIA 9 Aug 2016

    CIA #Museum Artifact of the Week: #Elephant Counter http://bit.ly/2aI43KA pic.twitter.com/KduiJimkgf

    2:26 PM - 9 Aug 2016
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    • USS. JHON CHARLY GONZÁLEZ badar hashmi Maximilian Orlando MaryElizabeth89 雨宮維和@食品仕分けパート㌠ Juan Robles Faisal M. Shaikh Stephan Brun Cedric de Alicoque
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      2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 9 Aug 2016
        Replying to @CIA

        CIA invented & used the device in 1960s to count people & supplies moving down Ho Chi Minh Trail from North Vietnam to South Vietnam.

        6 replies 40 retweets 58 likes
      3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 9 Aug 2016
        Replying to @CIA

        Many of the Laotian trail watchers we recruited could not read or write, so the device featured “pictograms”.

        6 replies 32 retweets 55 likes
      4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 9 Aug 2016
        Replying to @CIA

        #Elephant Counter pictograms represented: Troops Trucks Carts Bicycles Tanks Cannons Small artillery Missiles Donkeys & sometimes elephants!

        11 replies 47 retweets 129 likes
      5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 9 Aug 2016
        Replying to @CIA

        Alongside each pictogram was a knob that could be set to a number. Data could be transmitted to an airplane by activating a toggle switch.

        36 replies 43 retweets 117 likes
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      1. Grandpap Joe‏ @GrandpapJoe 9 Aug 2016
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        don't forget the pet rocks!Listening devices!Also the fake bushes!

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      1. dimis mantas‏ @LusFerrer 9 Aug 2016
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        shits

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      2. Houston Hammer‏ @Houston_Hammer 9 Aug 2016
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        when will you do Lee Harvey Oswald's mini CIA issued spy camera that you have been hiding for 50+ YR's? #Museum Artifact of the Week

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      1. Scott‏ @RunawayScott 12 Aug 2016
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        @GreatDismal that's pretty neat.

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      1. Orland Ca Law 101‏ @OrlandCa1 10 Aug 2016
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        Is this the gizmo that changes votes ?

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      1. Andre‏ @DubiisLibertas 10 Aug 2016
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        . Ingenious. Betcha from paper concept to working prototype took less than 2 months of can-do engineering. Gotta love CIA autonomy!

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      1. Redwood509‏ @Redwood397 9 Aug 2016
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        So many tricjs of display, yet the Agency was always compromised, penetrated and made endless mindless mistakes.

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      1. Postman‏ @Postman32 9 Aug 2016
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        @CIApic.twitter.com/rsqL7ChlOn

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      1. hao ju‏ @haoju3 9 Aug 2016
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        it's called a telegraph tactometer

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