14. Vladimir Lenin’s body has remained on public display for 90 years.
A team of scientists and doctors from Moscow’s Center for Scientific Research and Teaching Methods in Biochemical Technologies have carefully cared for the revolutionary leader’s corpse since his death in 1924 using experimental preservation techniques. Still, at 145 years old, Lenin looks better than ever.
15. Due to the Kuril Islands dispute Japan and Russia are still in a state of war because they still haven’t signed a peace treaty to end World War II.
The Island chain holds high strategic value and is one of Russia’s main naval gateways to the Pacific Ocean.