25 Reasons That Lakes Are More Interesting Than You Think

25 Reasons That Lakes Are More Interesting Than You Think | List25 Want more? Check out the Science & Technology Playlist: http://bit.ly/21NCpRG If you like this video subscribe to List25: http://bit.ly/1rPhSQH Follow us on: Twitter:   / list25   Facebook:   / list25   Website: http://list25.com Instagram:   / list25   Pinterest:   / list25   Check out the physical list here: http://list25.com/25-reasons-that-lak... Due to the perfect combination of temperature, depth, and altitude, bodies of people that drown in Lake Tahoe (USA) never decompose or surface. Hydrologically speaking, there are only 4 Great Lakes and not 5. Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are actually only 1 lake (Huron-Michigan) and it is the largest freshwater lake by area anywhere in the world In 2014, an unexplained 10 meter deep lake all of a sudden appeared in drought stricken Tunisia. Geologists think that the lake could have been the result of seismic activity. In the movie Titanic, Jack claims to have gone fishing on Lake Wissota in Wisconsin. This man made lake didn't even exist until 1917, five years after the Titanic sank On Lake Titicaca in Peru, there are pre-Incan people still living on the lake in their floating homes (Uros) Mount Storm Lake in West Virginia is heated by a local power plant so even in sub-zero temperatures the water stays relatively warm In 1980, an oil rig in Lake Peigneur, Louisiana drilled into a salt mine. The ensuing whirlpool sucked the drill as well as 11 barges into the "drain". Although no lives were lost, the lake is now salt water In 1875, a man named James Wickham released two whales into the Great Salt Lake in Utah. They were never seen from again and scientists doubt they could have survived for long. In the middle of Lake Superior is Isle Royale. On Isle Royale you will find Siskiwit Lake. In the middle of Siskiwit Lake is Ryan Island. On Ryan Island is a small pond called Moose Flats. In the middle of Moose Flats is a rock jutting up called Moose Boulder. This makes Moose Boulder the largest island on the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in one of the largest lakes on Earth 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 And more... Outro Links: 25 Pretty Geeky And Useless Facts That Are Still Cool To Know: http://bit.ly/24QeJhj 25 Things That Were Once Considered Geeky But Have Now Become Cool: http://bit.ly/23NIrkR