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2024-10-14 17:41:53 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C87096D87AAA88974F3E5F33BA1084E61CE65FBCC64D7AE7A8A04CCB9A3B48D0
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Although this story circulates since the late 1980s it has been factchecked several times and it is a legend, not an anecdote. Here’s a 2021 factcheck by Polifact: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/16/facebook-posts/false-anecdote-about-stalin-and-chicken-circulates/ And another one (2020) by Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stalin-chicken-feathers/
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