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Is it true that Moldavian language is older than Romanian?

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Is it true that the word “adolescence” appeared in the Slovak language to designate arrogant beggars?

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Is it true that Ukrainian school textbooks say that the Ukrainian language came from the planet of Venus?

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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 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 “Leningrad” was added to Ozhegov’s dictionary so that the words “lazy” and “Leninets” would not stand nearby?

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Is it true that German almost became the official language of the United States?

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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 word “Toreador” was invented in the 19th century for the opera “Carmen”?

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Is it true that the proverb “first pancake lump” is connected with bears?

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Is it true that in Chinese the word “crisis” consists of hieroglyphs “danger” and “opportunity”?

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