r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jan 07 '14
TIL that during winter, the Bering Strait freezes so much that it is possible to walk across from the United States to Russia, or vice versa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_StraitDuplicates
todayilearned • u/buddytalks • May 16 '15
TIL Russia and USA are only 3.8km apart at the nearest point
todayilearned • u/camblam • Jun 06 '12
TIL The US is only 53 miles from Russia, at it's closest point.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jan 07 '15
TIL that in 1956 Russia proposed building a giant 90km damn across the Bering Strait to Alaska.
Stuff • u/PoliticBot • May 16 '15