Things You'll Only See In Russia

St. Petersburg and Venice

St. Petersburg is known as the "Venice of the north." It has three times the amount of bridges as Venice and is much less crowded. It seems like many tourists are picking the wrong canal city to spend their time at! 

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The More You Know

  • In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
  • Doctors' sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually in the United States.
  • Tennis was originally played with bare hands.
  • Saturn is the only planet in our solar system that could float in water.
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