Things You'll Only See In Russia

Metro Dogs Galore

Even though Moscow's metro station is known as one of the world's best, they still have one problem: the homeless dogs. These dogs live in the tunnels and train cars. Most wouldn't consider them a problem as they never bother anyone, but it is alarming to be the only one in a train car with a stray dog. 

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The More You Know

  • There are snakes with two heads, which compete with each other for food.
  • The magnetic North Pole is moving.
  • A German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.
  • 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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