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Is the story of the Americans true to send black children to the space instead of dogs?

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Did Stalin say: “When I die, they will apply a lot of garbage to my grave, but the wind will mercilessly sweep it”?

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Is it true that after the revolution the Bolsheviks tried to socialize women?

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Were there any “cuckoos” snipers in the Finnish army during the Winter War, shooting from specially equipped positions on trees?

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Is it true that the Netherlands banned the film “Guest from the future” for gay discrimination?

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Is it true that in 1941 Lazar Kaganovich ordered the Moscow metro to blow up?

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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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Was the fighting of the Red Army against Poland in September 1939 a “liberation campaign”?

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Is it true that nine -story buildings were massively built in the USSR, because the stairs of fire engines did not rise higher?

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Is it true that Andrei Stakhanov had to take the name Alexei because of a typo in the newspaper Pravda?

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

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Is it true that Salvador Dali performed a “dance with sabers” in front of Khachaturian naked?

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