TIL: When Catherine di Medici was queen of France, she kept a 'Flying Squad' of 80 women tasked with sleeping with powerful men to extract their secrets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_de%27_Medici%27s_court_festivals



Submitted March 02, 2015 at 05:38AM by DimplesMcGee http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2xm48g/til_when_catherine_di_medici_was_queen_of_france/