RUSSIA - 24 facts about Russia

Fact # 1
Each Russian consumes 18 litres (4.8 US gal) of alcohol per year, doubling what experts consider dangerous.

Fact #2
In Russia there are 9 million more Women than men.

Fact #3
Russia & America are less than 4 km apart at the nearest point.

Fact #4
Russia is bigger than Pluto.

Fact #5
There are over 500,000 alcohol-related deaths in Russia each year.

Fact #6
In Russia it's now Illegal to tell kids Gay People Exist.

Fact #7
A russian woman in the 1700s gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets in just 40 years with the same man.

Fact #8
In 1908 the Imperial Russian Olympic Team arrived to London 12 days too late for the games because they were not using the Gregorian calendar yet.

Fact #9
The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for just US$7.2 million in 1867.

Fact #10
Stalin didn't start learning Russian until he was 8. His mother tongue was Georgian.

Fact #11
The oldest plant ever to be regenerated has been grown in Russia from 32,000-year-old seeds.

Fact #12
Japan and Russia still haven't signed a peace treaty to end World War II due to the Kuril Islands dispute.

Fact #13
Gorbachev recorded an album of Russian romantic ballads in 2009.

Fact #14
Foxes are domesticated like dogs by Russian scientists since 1959.

Fact #15
Beer was not considered an alcoholic beverage in Russia until 2013.

Fact #16
There was a "Beard Tax" in Russia, during Peter the Great's Reign, paid by anyone who had a beard.

Fact #17
There's a museum in Russia that hires cats to protect its artworks against rodents.

Fact #18
The word “vodka” comes from the Russian word “voda” that means “water”.

Fact #19
Lake Karachay in Russia is the most radioactive and polluted lake in the world.

Fact #20
25% Russians die before reaching the age of 55, compared to just 1% in the U.S., and Vodka is to blame.

Fact #21
It is a criminal offence to drive around in a dirty car in Russia.

Fact #22
It is believed Russia has at least 15 secret cities with their names, and locations unknown.

Fact #23
A third of all Russians believe the Sun revolves around the Earth.

Fact #24
Wealthy Russians hire fake ambulances to beat Moscow's traffic.



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