THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT RUSSIA

RICH PEOPLE IN MOSCOW BUY AMBULANCES AND

USE THEM TO DRIVE AROUND BECAUSE THE

TRAFFIC IS SO BAD

RUSSIAN MCDONALD'S CARRY THE MCSHRIMP, SOMETHING

THAT ALLEGEDLY CANNOT BE FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE

RUSSIA'S SURFACE AREA IS BIGGER THAN

PLUTO'S SURFACE AREA

IT SPANS 9 CONTIGUOUS TIME ZONES WHICH IS

MORE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY

ROUGHLY 9 MILLION PEOPLE RIDE THE MOSCOW METRO

EVERY DAY. THAT IS MORE THAN NEW YORK AND

LONDON COMBINED

EVERYONE THINKS AMERICA HAS A HIGH HOMICIDE RATE

(4.7 PER 100,000), BUT RUSSIA'S IS TWICE AS HIGH

(9.7 PER 100,000)

ON AVERAGE RUSSIANS DRINK 6.3 SHOTS OF LIQUOR

PER WEEK

RUSSIANS ALSO CONSUME ABOUT 6 TIMES AS

MUCH TEA

LAKE BAIKAL HOLDS ONE FIFTH OF THE WORLD'S

FRESH WATER