TIL that the CIA's Directorate of Science & Technology created the lithium-ion battery in the mid 1960s and declassified it for public sector use

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency_Directorate_of_Science_%26_Technology
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3nghm/til_that_the_cias_directorate_of_science/