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Is it true that Voltaire is the author of the phrase “I do not share your beliefs, but I am ready to die for your right to express them”?

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Is it true that the sale of Kinder surprises is prohibited in the USA?

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Is it true that Jingle Bells was not intended to be a Christmas song?

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Is it true that the writer Charlotte Brontë had a cat named Brontosaurus?

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Is it true that Pope Francis promised €200 to every Russian who celebrates Christmas on December 25?

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Is it true that in 1914, on the fields of the First World War, a Christmas truce took place with songs and treats?

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Is it true that the snow globe was invented by accident?

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Is it true that Eduard Gil’s song “At the Edge of the Forest” was written based on poems by a Spanish poet?

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Is it true that in Italy they throw old furniture from balconies on New Year’s Day?

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Is it true that sharks can sense blood in the water a kilometer away?

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Did “Potemkin villages” really exist?

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Is it true that Hemingway is the author of a short, touching story about children's shoes?

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