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Fact Clip of the Day: Отава Ё – Яблочко (Otava Yo – Yablochko; Russian: Яблочко, “Little Apple”)

Отава Ё – Яблочко (Otava Yo – Yablochko; Russian: Яблочко, “Little Apple”). Yablochko is a Russian folk song of chastushka style and dance, traditionally presented as sailors' dance. The choreographed version of the dance first appeared in the 1926 Reinhold Glière ballet The Red Poppy and from there is known in the West as the Russian Sailors Dance.

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17 Aug 2019 00:03:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Clip of the Day: Kai Smythe aka Hairy Soul Man – I'm So Depressed

Kai Smythe aka Hairy Soul Man – I'm So Depressed

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08 Nov 2019 00:03:00,post received 0 comments

Funny Oktoberfest 2014

British visitors wearing Bavarian costumes walk ahead the opening of the traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, on September 20, 2014. Germany's world-famous Oktoberfest kicks off with millions of revellers set to soak up the frothy atmosphere in a 16-day extravaganza of lederhosen, oompah music and, of course, beer. (Photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AFP Photo/DPA)

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22 Sep 2014 11:27:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Bad Weather this Week

Train attendants carry their luggage as they walk through a flooded street in Fuzhou in southeastern China's Fujian Province Wednesday, September 28, 2016. The massive typhoon made landfall in eastern China Wednesday, a day after carrying strong winds over Taiwan that felled trees and scattered debris, killing several people and injuring hundreds. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)

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29 Sep 2016 09:17:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Simply Some Photos: Iron Ore Mine in Russia

An employee walks past a rotary dredge working at an open-cast iron ore mine of the Stoilensky mining and concentration plant (GOK), owned by the Novolipetsk (NLMK) steel mill, in the city of Stary Oskol in Belgorod region, Russia, August 4, 2015. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)

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06 Aug 2015 11:23:00,post received 0 comments

Sad Ukraine Conflict: Recent Photos, Part 2/2

A photo of Russia's President Vladimir Putin is seen on a poster as people attend an "Anti-Maidan" rally to protest against the 2014 Kiev uprising, which ousted President Viktor Yanukovich, in St.Petersburg February 21, 2015. Thousands of Russians marched on Saturday, carrying banners and signs disavowing the protests at Kiev's Independence Square, or Maidan, last year that ousted a Russian-backed president and created a rift between Ukraine and the West and Russia. The writing on the poster reads "I support Putin" REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

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03 Mar 2015 08:58:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Simply Some Photos: Private Zoo in Ukraine

A staff interacts with a white lioness in a private zoo called “12 Months” in the town of Demydiv, Ukraine, January 13, 2016. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)

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15 Jan 2016 08:01:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Simply Some Photos: Earth from Above

Egmont National Park in New Zealand with Mt. Taranaki at its center is seen in a Landsat 8 satellite image. (Photo by Reuters/NASA/USGS)

Egmont National Park in New Zealand with Mt. Taranaki at its center is seen in a Landsat 8 satellite image taken July 3, 2014 and released by NASA November 14, 2014. The image is from the book “Sanctuary: Exploring the World's Protected Areas from Space”, published by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies with support from NASA, which was released this week. (Photo by Reuters/NASA/USGS)

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16 Nov 2014 12:15:00,post received 0 comments