A piece of land completely separated from the rest of Russia.
Prior to Russia owning it It was formerly owned by Germany until its surrender in WW2.
Kaliningrad is modern day Prussia and although Prussia was german Kaliningrad’s demographics is now mostly russian so the likelyhood of Kaliningrad joining germany or being independent from Russia is unlikely especially with Vladimir Putin currently in power.
Someone who smiles like the grinch, claps like a gorilla, and plays one 'mean' harmonica
"While Bethany was sitting around the campfire with her friends, she thanked her lucky stars that no one brought a Tim Kaine with them on their camping trip."
A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.
For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!