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TIL Nataliya Dmytruk, a Ukranian sign language interpreter, refused to translate false election results on live TV, signing "our President is Viktor Yushchenko. Do not trust the results...they are all lies". Leading to national protests invalidating the election & aiding the Orange Revolution

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