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These Giant Pandas from the Chengdu Centre in China are very good at outlining perfect weekend plans:
✅ Chill
✅ Eat
✅ Repeat
Here’s an interesting fact you might not know about pandas. Pandas have the digestive system of a carnivore, but they choose an all-bamboo diet. And here’s another fact you do know: pandas are adorable!
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✅ Chill
✅ Eat
✅ Repeat
Here’s an interesting fact you might not know about pandas. Pandas have the digestive system of a carnivore, but they choose an all-bamboo diet. And here’s another fact you do know: pandas are adorable!
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Everybody dance now!
#video #Africa
Imagine your teacher challenging you to a dance-off instead of having you take a written exam. That’s what Ghanaian teacher Percy Sackey would do, 100%.
He shot to internet fame after he started sharing videos of himself dancing with his students. He loves to dance and this is how he encourages kids to study and overcome their fears of teachers and failing.
Dance is a big part of Ghanaian culture. They dance on all-important occasions, including funerals. You all remember the dancing pallbearers video, right?
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#video #Africa
Imagine your teacher challenging you to a dance-off instead of having you take a written exam. That’s what Ghanaian teacher Percy Sackey would do, 100%.
He shot to internet fame after he started sharing videos of himself dancing with his students. He loves to dance and this is how he encourages kids to study and overcome their fears of teachers and failing.
Dance is a big part of Ghanaian culture. They dance on all-important occasions, including funerals. You all remember the dancing pallbearers video, right?
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Do you know the world’s dirtiest river? Have a guess! We’ll post the right answer in a few…
Anonymous Quiz
52%
Ganges, India
12%
Yellow River, China
22%
Citarum, Indonesia
14%
Mississippi River, USA
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World’s dirtiest river
#video #Indonesia
When we look at the Citarum River, our level of eco-anxiety skyrockets. The Indonesian river is a main waterway for some 20 million people who live along its banks. However, over 2,000 factories and other industrial facilities have turned it into a giant septic tank. In some places, where toxic waste is dumped, you can see the water turning black. But it’s not just industrial waste; locals dump their household waste and sewage straight into the Citarum. At the same time, the river remains the only source of water for 4,000 rice fields and millions of households. The locals scratch a living by collecting recyclable garbage from the river.
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#video #Indonesia
When we look at the Citarum River, our level of eco-anxiety skyrockets. The Indonesian river is a main waterway for some 20 million people who live along its banks. However, over 2,000 factories and other industrial facilities have turned it into a giant septic tank. In some places, where toxic waste is dumped, you can see the water turning black. But it’s not just industrial waste; locals dump their household waste and sewage straight into the Citarum. At the same time, the river remains the only source of water for 4,000 rice fields and millions of households. The locals scratch a living by collecting recyclable garbage from the river.
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Russian hipster Mecca
#photo #Russia
Nikola-Lenivets is where Moscow hipsters flock to snap selfies and cool pictures for their Instagrams. And we totally get them! Art objects, peculiar wooden sculptures, idyllic green fields are absolutely worth the 200-km trip from Moscow to the Kaluga region.
Nikola-Lenivets is the name of a tiny village. It’s also a famous art park started by the artist Nikolay Polissky, who decided to stop painting oil landscapes and turn those very landscapes into pieces of art. He asked village residents to help him build 200 snowmen. Then he convinced them to build a gigantic Tower of Babel made of hay. Next came a wicker tower adorned with zucchinis. For the past 20 years, Nikolay and local craftsmen have been experimenting with art forms as part of the landscape. And everyone seems to love it.
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#photo #Russia
Nikola-Lenivets is where Moscow hipsters flock to snap selfies and cool pictures for their Instagrams. And we totally get them! Art objects, peculiar wooden sculptures, idyllic green fields are absolutely worth the 200-km trip from Moscow to the Kaluga region.
Nikola-Lenivets is the name of a tiny village. It’s also a famous art park started by the artist Nikolay Polissky, who decided to stop painting oil landscapes and turn those very landscapes into pieces of art. He asked village residents to help him build 200 snowmen. Then he convinced them to build a gigantic Tower of Babel made of hay. Next came a wicker tower adorned with zucchinis. For the past 20 years, Nikolay and local craftsmen have been experimenting with art forms as part of the landscape. And everyone seems to love it.
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Ivan’s pet wolf 🐺
#video #Russia
In Russia, we don’t keep bears as pets. But some like Ivan keep wolves.
When Ivan was offered a wolf cub to adopt, he agreed without giving it a second thought. Otherwise, the tiny animal would’ve been killed. Ivan brought the wolf to live with him in a one-room flat he shared with his daughter and their two dogs.
So Ivan started a blog to raise some money for the expensive meat his wolf is partial to devouring in large quantities. The blog was apparently so successful that it has recently allowed Ivan and his pack to move to a country house, where the wolf will be able to roam in a spacious enclosure.
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#video #Russia
In Russia, we don’t keep bears as pets. But some like Ivan keep wolves.
When Ivan was offered a wolf cub to adopt, he agreed without giving it a second thought. Otherwise, the tiny animal would’ve been killed. Ivan brought the wolf to live with him in a one-room flat he shared with his daughter and their two dogs.
So Ivan started a blog to raise some money for the expensive meat his wolf is partial to devouring in large quantities. The blog was apparently so successful that it has recently allowed Ivan and his pack to move to a country house, where the wolf will be able to roam in a spacious enclosure.
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‘On some primal level I felt we were aimed at’
RT Documentary's Aleksey Kulik shares his experience in the run-up to RT Documentary's 10th anniversary. He is one of many RT Documentary filmmakers who have chilling stories about their narrow escape on the job.
In 2014, the team was filming a documentary about Ukraine caught up in the anti-government conflict. The plan was to drive through an utterly empty suburb and shoot abandoned apartment buildings with windows broken after shelling. Aleksey felt someone was aiming their guns at them.
"To the right of our vehicle, two shadows dashed behind the trees, about 50 metres away. I stopped and said with all the calm I could muster, 'Sit still, don't move'. I slowly open the door, take the vest off, raise it above my head and loudly and distinctly utter in the air, "Don't shoot. Press. Television. Don't shoot." He managed to communicate his way out of this dire situation, and the crew was saved.
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RT Documentary's Aleksey Kulik shares his experience in the run-up to RT Documentary's 10th anniversary. He is one of many RT Documentary filmmakers who have chilling stories about their narrow escape on the job.
In 2014, the team was filming a documentary about Ukraine caught up in the anti-government conflict. The plan was to drive through an utterly empty suburb and shoot abandoned apartment buildings with windows broken after shelling. Aleksey felt someone was aiming their guns at them.
"To the right of our vehicle, two shadows dashed behind the trees, about 50 metres away. I stopped and said with all the calm I could muster, 'Sit still, don't move'. I slowly open the door, take the vest off, raise it above my head and loudly and distinctly utter in the air, "Don't shoot. Press. Television. Don't shoot." He managed to communicate his way out of this dire situation, and the crew was saved.
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How to call an ambulance in the middle of nowhere
#photo #Russia
The Nenets reindeer herders travel thousands of kilometres a year. They don’t have an address in the tundra. So what do they do if they have a medical emergency? The Nenets have maintained practically the same lifestyle their ancestors led thousands of years ago. But today’s Nenets use satellite phones to call air rescue helicopters in cases of illness, injury or labour.
The Nenets are nomadic people of Russia’s Arctic. Their lives and livelihoods revolve around reindeers. They are constantly on the move in search of new pastures.
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#photo #Russia
The Nenets reindeer herders travel thousands of kilometres a year. They don’t have an address in the tundra. So what do they do if they have a medical emergency? The Nenets have maintained practically the same lifestyle their ancestors led thousands of years ago. But today’s Nenets use satellite phones to call air rescue helicopters in cases of illness, injury or labour.
The Nenets are nomadic people of Russia’s Arctic. Their lives and livelihoods revolve around reindeers. They are constantly on the move in search of new pastures.
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Doomsday preppers
#video #USA
Roberta is ready for any cataclysm. Her bunker has a place to sleep, toilet, shower and stocks of canned fruit that should last for years. Although her husband Fernando can’t help smiling when Roberta talks about what she is preparing for.
Roberta is one of America’s doomsday preppers, or survivalists, who plan for the worst-case scenario, from a zombie apocalypse to a civil war. Preppers are usually seen as crazy people, but when you see some modern bunkers on the market, you kind of wish you had one!
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#video #USA
Roberta is ready for any cataclysm. Her bunker has a place to sleep, toilet, shower and stocks of canned fruit that should last for years. Although her husband Fernando can’t help smiling when Roberta talks about what she is preparing for.
Roberta is one of America’s doomsday preppers, or survivalists, who plan for the worst-case scenario, from a zombie apocalypse to a civil war. Preppers are usually seen as crazy people, but when you see some modern bunkers on the market, you kind of wish you had one!
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The Afghan Woman King
#video #Afghanistan
“Back then, I had a Kalashnikov, a rifle and shotgun, but a handgun is more convenient. First of all, it's easy to conceal. You can use it in a car, aim it in either direction.”
These are not the words of a seasoned soldier. This is Bibi Hokmeena, an Afghan woman, talking about her time as a jihad warrior in the 1980s. Hokmeena is truly an amazing woman full of contradictions. She is a devout Muslim, but has been wearing men’s clothes her entire life. She fights for women’s rights, but she would never condone western values and call herself a feminist. Hokmeena’s never been in love, but is revered by men and women who call her ‘Woman King’.
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#video #Afghanistan
“Back then, I had a Kalashnikov, a rifle and shotgun, but a handgun is more convenient. First of all, it's easy to conceal. You can use it in a car, aim it in either direction.”
These are not the words of a seasoned soldier. This is Bibi Hokmeena, an Afghan woman, talking about her time as a jihad warrior in the 1980s. Hokmeena is truly an amazing woman full of contradictions. She is a devout Muslim, but has been wearing men’s clothes her entire life. She fights for women’s rights, but she would never condone western values and call herself a feminist. Hokmeena’s never been in love, but is revered by men and women who call her ‘Woman King’.
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Lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
#video #Japan
Ito is ‘hikikomori’. This is what the Japanese call people who don’t want to face the outside world. These modern hermits spend weeks and even months in isolation, hiding in their bedrooms. They almost never go out, don’t work or study, and rarely interact with others. Hikikomori are mostly young men who hide away from the pressure and expectations of their families and society. A while back, we filmed Ito for four days, during which he never left his room.
Don't we all feel like hikikomori sometimes?
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#video #Japan
Ito is ‘hikikomori’. This is what the Japanese call people who don’t want to face the outside world. These modern hermits spend weeks and even months in isolation, hiding in their bedrooms. They almost never go out, don’t work or study, and rarely interact with others. Hikikomori are mostly young men who hide away from the pressure and expectations of their families and society. A while back, we filmed Ito for four days, during which he never left his room.
Don't we all feel like hikikomori sometimes?
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‘He would kill in the blink of an eye. I felt that perfectly'
Our filmmaker Lidia Vasilevskaya was held at gunpoint by drug lord Pablo Escobar's hitman. He demonstrated how he used to kill people. 'When we asked Popeye to explain how he killed, and he pointed his gun at me, it was incredibly scary. I knew the gun was fake, and he wouldn't fire it, but I was still paralysed by fear. He had this scary, piercing and empty look. He would kill in the blink of an eye. I felt that perfectly,' Lidia recalls.
Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, known as Popeye, confessed to killing some 300 people and being involved in the murder of 3,000 more. He spent 24 years in prison and shot to internet fame after his release in 2014. He had a popular YouTube channel and featured in our documentary, Escobar's Hitman.
Check it out to see if it was worth Lidia risking her life. If you'd like to know more about how we work at RT Documentary, watch this clip with 10 curious facts about us.
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Our filmmaker Lidia Vasilevskaya was held at gunpoint by drug lord Pablo Escobar's hitman. He demonstrated how he used to kill people. 'When we asked Popeye to explain how he killed, and he pointed his gun at me, it was incredibly scary. I knew the gun was fake, and he wouldn't fire it, but I was still paralysed by fear. He had this scary, piercing and empty look. He would kill in the blink of an eye. I felt that perfectly,' Lidia recalls.
Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, known as Popeye, confessed to killing some 300 people and being involved in the murder of 3,000 more. He spent 24 years in prison and shot to internet fame after his release in 2014. He had a popular YouTube channel and featured in our documentary, Escobar's Hitman.
Check it out to see if it was worth Lidia risking her life. If you'd like to know more about how we work at RT Documentary, watch this clip with 10 curious facts about us.
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#video #SouthKorea
TGIF and it’s time to relax. In South Korea, where it’s common to work late and generally overwork, they come up with most unusual ways to unwind. But if you feel on edge and aren’t in South Korea right now, maybe try the simplest, most delicious and affordable way? We know what we’re going to order tonight… 😋🌶🍜
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TGIF and it’s time to relax. In South Korea, where it’s common to work late and generally overwork, they come up with most unusual ways to unwind. But if you feel on edge and aren’t in South Korea right now, maybe try the simplest, most delicious and affordable way? We know what we’re going to order tonight… 😋🌶🍜
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