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Is it true that the oldest map of America turned out to be a fake?

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Is it true that the United States awarded Mikhail Gorbachev the medal “For Victory in the Cold War”?

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Did Sergei Lavrov claim that the Mongol-Tatar yoke saved Russia from dissolution in the West?

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Is it true that Japan bought broken glass from the USSR for wooden boxes?

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Is it true that after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 Iran turned from a secular country into a religious one?

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Is it true that the expression “small victorious war” was coined by Minister Plehve?

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Is it true that Carl Faberge created The Proletarian Breakfast?

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Is it true that in the Middle Ages spiral staircases were twisted clockwise for the convenience of the defenders?

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Is it true that “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign” is a fake from the late 18th century?

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Is it true that the Spartans threw weak children into the abyss?

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Is it true that the birthplace of the nesting doll is not Russia, but Japan?

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Is it true that the Romans sowed salt in the land where Carthage was destroyed?

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