Ten things you didn't know about Russia

[Scott W. Palmer]

More things you (probably) didn't know about Russia:

Russia originated:

the first multi-engine airplane
the first flight over the North Pole
the first fleet of strategic bombers
the use of airplanes to promote diplomacy
the idea of employing airplanes to conduct terrorist attacks.



Devin Connolly wrote:
> True, or that St. Basil's was originally painted white, and remained so for
> quite a while before it became as colorful as it is today.
>
> Devin Connolly
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Loren A. Billings <billings at ncnu.edu.tw>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm surprised that no one has mentioned that Red Square isn't red, and
>> never
>> was. --Loren
>>
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