Things You'll Only See In Russia

Helicopter Golf

You've heard of fly fishing, now get ready for helicopter golf. Russia is so big that they have the space for helicopter-based games! The operator guides a huge mallet around the course while trying to hit a 3-foot-tall ball. This isn't exactly a game that everyone can play, helicopters are still pretty expensive. 

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The More You Know

  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • The longest tennis rally lasted over 12 hours.
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  • A solar powered, self-filling water bottle has been invented for bike riders that condenses atmospheric moisture to automatically fill the bottle.
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