TIL that during the Iran Hostage Crisis, American embassy staff tried to burn classified documents but the furnace malfunctioned, forcing them to use cheap paper shredders. After the takeover, Iran employed carpet weavers to put the shredded documents together.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis#Prelude



Submitted February 25, 2015 at 04:41PM by Topham_Kek http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2x3nrh/til_that_during_the_iran_hostage_crisis_american/