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Quoted: Menarche is a time of celebration. Welcome your daughter to womanhood. The world follows its own rituals to let the girl know the power, responsibilities and love of being a woman....

Some enormous statues on an exhibition

I hadn't heard of these massive hydro-planing aircraft before. Found this video on Blue Dot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSYmSnpQ360

Quoted: A 400 mph ship that the Russians built in total secret

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The bear that taught me about hospitality. This Russian cartoon of Winnie the Pooh is infinitely superior to the saccharine Disney version. Especially the Pooh character himself.

Quoted: Chapter 2 of the Soviet version of Winnie the Pooh (1971), now with English subtitles by Artem, Lesha & Co.

Same destruction, less lasting pollution. Now spot the non sequitir:

"The defense ministry stresses this military invention does not contradict a single international treaty. Russia is not unleashing a new arms race."

Quoted: Russia has tested the world's most powerful vacuum bomb, which unleashes a destructive shockwave with the power of a nuclear blast, the military said on Tuesday, dubbing it the "father of all bombs."

Mysterious big hole in Russia City Berezniki

"Inturist" hotel poster

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The Tetris Documentary. Really amazing story of how the rights from Tetris were stolen, mismanaged, and eventually secured by Nintendo - and in the process destroying Atari.

Quoted: A hard to find documentary about Tetris and its creator Alexey Pajitnov. Also covers the rivalries between Nintendo and Atari and the absur.... 58 min 52 sec.

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