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- ...the word "cravat" comes from the French cravate, and many sources state that this is a corruption of "Croat" — Croatian "Hrvat"?
- ...that the possible roots of Marco Polo are from the Croatian island of Korčula?
- ...in football World Cup 1962 Dražan Jerković scored four goals and was, with five more players, the top goalscorer, winning the World Cup Golden Boot?
- ...that Croatian vernacular names of marine algae are the most numerous within Europe, their richness being subequal to the maximal one for Japanese algae in the rest of the world?
- ...that the Dalmatian comes from a Dalmatia, a region of Croatia?
- ...the White House is built of marbel from Croatian island of Brac?
- ...that the Republic of Dubrovnik was first to recognize independence of the USA and first country in Europe to end slavery??