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Since the creation of coffeehouses followed the siege of Vienna, why aren’t coffee products globally described in German, rather than Italian? How did Italian become the language of coffee products?

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Is it true (and more important, what are the sources of the claim) that the Battle of the Somme was later colloquially known as "The Great Fuck Up?"

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Since the creation of coffeehouses followed the siege of Vienna, why aren’t coffee products globally described in German, rather than Italian? How did Italian become the language of coffee products?	541
Is it true (and more important, what are the sources of the claim) that the Battle of the Somme was later colloquially known as "The Great Fuck Up?"	4