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Welcome to Oymyakon, Russia

Russian town of Oymyakon is the world’s coldest inhabited place. It’s also cold “Pole of Cold.” In February 1933, a temperature of -67.7°C, or -90°F, was recorded at the weather station there.

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Woman Turned Her Home into Animal Shelter

Lubov Shumnaya keeps about 200 abandoned cats and dogs in her house in Timashyovsk, Russia. The woman keeps the shelter alone and receives no financial help from the state. The daily chores around the shelter require her to work all …

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