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Is it true that the Romans deliberately induced vomiting at feasts in order to eat more?

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Is it true that the catchphrase about the enemy's corpse floating by is an ancient Chinese saying?

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Is it true that Marco Polo brought pasta to Italy from China?

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Is it true that stress can cause stomach ulcers?

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Is it true that a popular photograph shows a 19th century anesthesiologist?

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Is it true that marriage between people and animals has been legalized in the West?

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Is it true that reading from a screen damages your eyesight?

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Were the Red Army's military operations against Poland in September 1939 a “liberation campaign”?

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Is it true that nine-story buildings were built en masse in the USSR because fire truck ladders did not rise higher?

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Is it true that Archimedes burned Roman ships using mirrors?

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Did Mark Twain say, “If anything depended on elections, we wouldn’t be allowed to participate in them”?

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Is it true that alcohol kills brain cells?

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