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Is it true that anthropologist Margaret Mead called the first sign of civilization a broken and then healed femur?

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Five quotes attributed to Lenin

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Are there any confirmed cases of organ theft from living people by “black” transplantologists?

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Is it true that no one is responsible for the items in their wardrobe?

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Is it true that Charlie Chaplin took third place in a look-alike competition?

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Did Georgy Zhukov say: “Don’t spare the soldiers, the women are still giving birth”?

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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 Victor Hugo took part in the shortest correspondence in history?

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

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Is it true that Prince Philip pranked Elizabeth II by dressing up as a guardsman?

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Is it true that Nikolai Gumilev predicted his own execution?

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Is it true that oil was formed from the remains of dinosaurs?

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