TikTok isn’t just for kiddies these days. The video streaming platform offers a range of people, such as those of Russia’s many ethnic groups, the opportunity to educate others about their cultures.

In this week's Odder News, stay out of the elevator, be careful where you ice skate, and Ivan Urgant says goodbye to 2021 in grand fashion.

King's Cross station has nothing on the city of St. Petersburg, which is now complete with its own Platform 9 3/4, too. 

2021 is drawing to a close, which means that we have fascinating data on popular streaming trends in Russian-language music. 

You no longer need to travel to platform nine and three-quarters to get to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry; Russia now has her very own Hogwarts Express. 

In this week's Odder News, Spider-Man is on the loose, Russia loves fast food, and protect your dogs.

In this week's Odder News, new planking record, Krasnoyarsk Squid Game, and 100% preschool attendance.

Oleg Rezanov claims to have overcome aging and pain by embracing the cold. Let’s look into this a bit more closely.

In this week's Odder News, a wedding that sends the cast of a French musical to Africa, Moscow's new tiny flats, and Russia's trash is piling up.

In this week's Odder News, blind dueting, cats at work, and the mice who love COVID.

A young Russian blogger and his accomplice published a video of vehicular hooliganism on September 1.

In this week's Odder News, the biggest pot of borscht you'll ever see, a new birthday gift idea, and piranhas hit Sakhalin.