Things You'll Only See In Russia

Everyone is Family

Russian families are very tight-knit. For instance, if you're meeting your partner's family for the first time, be prepared to be treated just like them. Neighborhoods and small towns are also really close-knit and everybody knows everybody. It's just the way it goes! 

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The More You Know

  • The space between your eyebrows is called the glabella.
  • About 7% of all humans who have ever lived are alive today.
  • The first pair of Nike running shoes was made in a waffle iron.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
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