Things You'll Only See In Russia

Billionaires Galore

Not all billionaires live in the states. There are 62 billionaires who live in New York City, 43 live in London, and 43 live in Hong Kong. Moscow, on the other hand, has a whopping 84 billionaires. They have a combined wealth of $366 billion in between them. Leonid Mickelson, the world's richest man, lives in Moscow. He owns Brooklyn's Barclays Center and the Brooklyn Nets.

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The More You Know

  • The glass winged butterfly lacks colored scales, which makes its wings transparent and helps it avoid predators.
  • There's a word for tapping someone on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them.
  • Eight of the ten largest statues in the world are of Buddhas.
  • When Boris Yeltsin met President Clinton in 1995, his first question was "Do you think O.J. did it?"
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