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    Winter Swimming In Siberia: the World's Most Daring Swim Club

    The Cryophile Winter Swimming Club of Krasnoyarsk, Russia take winter swims in an air temperature of 20 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. If that sounds insane to you, their family and friends agree.

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    I Spent the Night at Chernobyl

    By: Ric Gazarian As I stepped into the dark room, the damp wood floor creaked under my feet. Chills shot down my back. My eyes adjusted, I scanned the room — had I walked into the Overlook Hotel from The Shining? Peeled paint, shattered windows, rusted beds strewn with old clothes and toys, we had stumbled into a nursery school.

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    Skeleton With ‘Alien’ Skull Discovered In Russia

    UFO watchers are in a tizzy over the discovery of an ancient skeleton with an elongated skull that resembles an ALIEN. The humanoid skeleton was unearthed from a site known as Russia’s Stonehenge and it is being heralded as proof that aliens visited Earth thousands of years ago. Researcher Maria Makurova told Russian news agency TASS: “We have found a well preserved skeleton.

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    Unruly Passenger Tied Up on Flight to Russia

    Lesson learned here: better behave yourself when you’re flying with Russians. On a flight this week from Hong Kong to Vladivostok, passengers took matters into their own hands when a Russian man got drunk and started threatening flight attendants. 

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    The Cheapest Places in Europe for Just About Anything

    Is it possible to plan a budget-friendly European vacation — and one that doesn’t involve endless street food or scenes out of Hostel? Sure, the Romanian capital isn’t flooded with cultural tourism, likely due to a lack of infrastructure, but the Romanian capital is the most inviting for budget travelers. One average vacation day in Bucharest could cost less than $45, according to this calculator, including three meals at solid affordable restaurants, a night at a three-star hotel, transportat