13 Incredible Now-You-Know Facts About Russia

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13 Incredible Now-You-Know Facts About Russia

Some vast empires have wasted their time trying to rearrange the calendar. Russia just said “there are no weekends, that's all you need to know. Now get back to work!”

And nothing bad or weird ever happened in Russia ever again. 

Russia's military makes. its arsenal look more imposing with inflatable weapons. It's literally a bunch of tanks, radar stations, and everything between that look real from a distance but are inflatable -- they're very cheap and reasonably convincing. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Source: BBC

Russian prisoners tattooed images of Lenin and Stalin as protective amulets. While the USSR existed, some prisoners believed guards weren't allowed to shoot Lenin's and Stalin's faces, so they got those tattooed on their chests. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Source: BBC

At one point, the government in one part of Siberia paid teachers with vodka. HAS CABRHCHAR dis NYTNHY NACTORILAS CrAHDAPT PUTINK 000 LOCb MOTORISE The government ran out of money, so it gave teachers 15 bottles each. They were happy with that, since they could resell it in local markets. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Source: BBC

Until 2011, beer was officially considered a soft drink in the Russian Federation. Before that, anything with less than 10% alcohol was classified as foodstuff, and classifying beer as alcoholic gave the government more control over it. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Source: BBC

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