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

  • Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world's freshwater.
  • The majority of polar bears live in Canada—not in the Arctic.
  • The youngest parents in the world were aged 8 and 9.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
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