Little John returns home from his first day of school.
    "So how was school?" asks his father.
    "Fine," admits the pupil. "I understood everything the teacher said, but I still don`t know what socialism is. Could you explain it to me, dad?"
    "In a way you can understand? Okay: once upon a time there was a big man : well, he was actually rather short and his name was `Lenin.` Originally his name wasn`t Lenin, but `Ulyanov.` And this Ulyanov had a friend - actually he wasn`t his friend, he was a scoundrel and his name was `Stalin.` Well, I did say his name was `Stalin,` but his name was really `Dzhugashvili.` And these two friends started the October Revolution. Actually, it wasn`t a real revolution, it was a putsch, and took place in November, not October ...."
    Little Johnny shakes his head and says, "Jesus, what a mess!"
    "Great," says his father, "You now understand socialism."
    
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    True Story:
    During the United States and Russian Space Race, it was discovered that in the absence of gravity, normal pens did not function correctly. The ink would not run out of the pen.
    The United States spent millions of dollars developing a pen that would work in space.
    The Russians used pencils.
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Fidel Castro is visiting Moscow. Once alone with Krushev, he removes his wig and false beard and sighs: "I can`t do this anymore!"
    Krushchev: "You must, Fedya, you must!"
    
    The opening of the 1980 Olympic Games.
    Brezhnev: "O! O! O! O! O!"
    An advisor: "Those are the olympic rings, the text starts lower down!"
    
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