Daily facts about lakes
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The Dead Sea in Israel is the world's lowest lake at 1,371 feet below sea level #zombielake
The Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri has had multiple incidents of piranhas found in it! Turns out they were just the product of pets outgrowing their aquarium and can’t survive the winter! #lookoutbelow
The lowest lake in the world is the Dead Sea at 1,371 ft below sea level. It also happens to be one of the saltiest lakes in the world, almost as salty as @FunTrainFacts4U
When a lake freezes over, it blocks sunlight from reaching the plants in the water which in turn causes fish to die with nothing to eat! This process is called “winterkill”
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America's first steam locomotive lost a race to a horse. Look@how@far we've come! #trainstuff
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Total area of contact between train wheels and rail is little larger than one silver dollar. How neat is that?!? #trainstuff
Lake Nyos in Cameroon is known as an exploding lake. In 1986, it released a large amount of carbon dioxide which suffocated 1,700 people!
Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States at 1,949 feet deep -- but this point is still 4,230 feet above sea level!