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Is it true that the origin of the word "sweatshirt" is associated with Leo Tolstoy?

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Is it true that money began to be called grandmothers because of banknotes with Catherine II?

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Is it true that “dude” is a reduction from “a person who respects high American culture”?

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Is it true that the words “trash”, “spherical man” and “chantrap” of French origin?

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Is it true that the expression “keep in the hedgehog mittens” is associated with the head of the NKVD Ezhov?

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Is it true that the word "immunity" comes from the Roman word to designate slaves?

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Is it true that the expression “ambitious cranberries” was first used by Alexander Dumas-father?

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Is the story of English archers, the middle finger and the origin of the expression Fuck You?

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Is it true that the word "penalty" comes from the Irish surname?

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Is it true that the word "nylon" comes from the names of the cities of New York and London?

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Is it true that the Russian mat appeared after the Tatar-Mongol invasion?

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Is it true that the French word "bistro" was invented by the Cossacks?

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