25. Putin spent his childhood hunting rats
Who knew once the rat hunter would become President of Russia and that too multiple times? Vladimir Putin was born into an impoverished family from the Soviet Union who lived in Leningrad, currently known as St Petersburg. The current presence of Russia then lived in a communal apartment along with his parents, siblings, and several other families.
One of Putin’s many exciting things in his official biography is that rat was his greatest teacher. Yes, you read it right. During childhood, a good amount of his time was spent hunting down the rats on the stairwell. Putting says that he once chased one rat a little faster than the others. However, this one was a bit of a rebel. He turned on the young Putin and tried to bite him to scare him away. Putin said that he was pretty much terrified, and without thinking much, he slammed the door on the rats’ faces. According to Putin, the lesson he learned here was never to put someone’s back against the wall.
