LAKES ARE MORE INTERESTING THAN YOU THINK

THE AMAZON RIVER USED TO FLOW INTO THE

PACIFIC OCEAN BUT WHEN THE ANDES MOUNTAINS

PUSHED UP IT GOT TRAPPED AND CREATED A

LARGE LAKE. EVENTUALLY, THE SANDSTONE TO

THE EAST WAS ERODED AND THE LAKE BEGAN

TO DRAIN INTO THE ATLANTIC

DURING WORLD WAR II, BECAUSE OF THE GERMAN

SUBMARINES PATROLLING THE ATLANTIC, THE

US NAVY BUILT TWO LARGE FRESHWATER

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN THE GREAT LAKES

AND USED THEM FOR TRAINING PURPOSES

BECAUSE OF ACCIDENTS DURING TRAINING,

NEARLY 230 WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFT LAY AT

THE BOTTOM OF LAKE MICHIGAN

LOST LAKE IN OREGON DRAINS INTO A LAVA TUBE

EVERY WINTER. THEN, IN SPRING, THE LAKE BED

BECOMES A MEADOW BEFORE THE WATER

RETURNS IN SUMMER

LAKE CHAGAN, KAZAKHSTAN WAS CREATED

THANKS TO A SOVIET NUCLEAR BOMB.

THE LAKE IS STILL RADIOACTIVE

LAKE SUPERIOR HOLDS SO MUCH WATER THAT

IT COULD COVER THE ENTIRE US IN 4 FEET OF WATER

IN MICHIGAN YOU ARE ALWAYS WITHIN 6 MILES

OF FRESHWATER THANKS TO THE STATE'S 65,000

LAKES. FURTHERMORE, YOU ARE NEVER FARTHER

THAN 85 MILES FROM ONE OF THE GREAT LAKES

THE FIRST SOVIET SPACE CREW TO SPLASHDOWN

ON EARTH LANDED ON A LAKE TENGIZ WHILE IT

WAS FROZEN OVER. THEY BROKE THROUGH THE

ICE AND IT FROZE OVER THEM. THEY STAYED IN

THEIR CAPSULE FOR NEARLY 9 HOURS WHILE

BEING RESCUED