Top 11 Unbelievable Fun Facts About Lakes You Never Knew!

1. Pink Lemonade Lake

No, it's not a pink lemonade party hosted by Poseidon: Lake Hillier in Western Australia owes its blush-colored waters to the carotenoid red pigments secreted by microorganisms like Halobacteria and Dunaliella salina that flourish in its salty habitat, turning the lake into an otherworldly, bubblegum-hued paradise against the neighboring turquoise bay.
Source => science.howstuffworks.com

2. Radioactive Tanning Bed

In need of a quick tan? Russian radiation tanning beds await: Lake Karachay, known as the most polluted lake on Earth, once served as a cooling water source for nuclear reactors. The radioactive dumps made spending mere minutes near its shores a lethal experience with 300 roentgen doses. Nowadays, it's a concrete-filled nuclear waste storage facility off-limits to all but checkpoint-guarded visitors – who needs a golden glow when you can glow green?
Source => dangerousroads.org

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3. Presidential Jellyfish Lake

Calling all jellyfish whisperers: Here's your chance to brush up against the high and mighty of Palau's Jellyfish Lake! Say hello to the Ngiratkel Etpison jellyfish, a unique golden subspecies named after their former president, who don't mind a gentle nudge or two. Fret not: their sting is milder than your spicy salsa, yet they love dining on zooplankton and facing the occasional challenge from their sneaky nemesis, the Entacmaea medusivora sea anemone.
Source => coralreefpalau.org

4. Road Runner's Asphalt Supplier

Ever wondered where the Road Runner gets his supply of asphalt for those speedy escapes? Look no further than Trinidad's Pitch Lake: the largest natural deposit of asphalt in the world, also doubling as a tourist hotspot with around 200,000 visitors annually who can walk on its surface, carefully avoiding the occasional quicksand-like areas. Additionally, this massive "asphalt well" provides crude, unrefined resources for global projects like highways, race tracks, bridge decks, and airport runways.
Source => businessinsider.com

5. Thunder God Hotspot

If Thor and Zeus had an electrifying party hotspot, this would be it: Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela boasts the highest concentration of lightning strikes in the world, with 297 thunderstruck nights a year averaging 28 electrifying bolts per minute and holding the Guinness World Record for sparking over 1.2 million dazzling flashes annually.
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6. Amphibious Avengers Lake

In the pantheon of lake-dwellers, Lake Titicaca boasts an amphibious Avengers lineup, with the likes of the aquatic Hulk – the Titicaca water frog – and a flightless, feathered Hawkeye – the Titicaca grebe: This high-altitude lake is home to over 530 aquatic species, including these endangered heroes, and even an exclusive club of 11 different Hyalella amphipods.
Source => en.wikipedia.org

7. Mother Nature's Bathtub

Crater Lake – or as we like to call it – Mother Nature's colossal bathtub for giant blue rubber duckies: This mesmerizing lake, found in Oregon, owes its deep blue and crystal-clear waters to the fact that it only takes a shower from rain and snow, without any inlets bringing in sediments or minerals. It also holds the title of the USA's deepest lake, plunging to a staggering 1,943 feet; so if you stacked five statues of Lady Liberty, they'd still be gasping for air at the bottom.
Source => opb.org

8. Lake Superior's Nationwide Pool Party

If Lake Superior threw the wettest of pool parties, the entire United States would be invited: Lake Superior holds approximately 2,900 cubic miles of water, enough to give the whole nation a 9.5-inch-deep splash zone!
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9. Tajikistan's Tallest Dam

Who needs towering skyscrapers when nature gives you the tallest dam? Feast your eyes on Lake Sarez in Tajikistan: a colossal natural dam towering between 500 to 700 meters above its original valley floor, created by the Usoi landslide with over 2 km3 of volume, surrounded by 6000-meter-high peaks, and holding a whopping 17 km3 of water in its 60 km long and up to 500-meter-deep reservoir.
Source => bioone.org

10. Noah's Ark of Lakes

Imagine a Noah's Ark of lakes, a wet-and-wild wonderworld chock-full of plants and critters found nowhere else: Lake Baikal is that aquatic menagerie, boasting over 1,000 exclusive species and holding an impressive 20% of the world's unfrozen freshwater reserves, securing its role as an evolutionary goldmine, and a true treasure trove of hydration for our dear planet Earth.
Source => whc.unesco.org

11. Emperor Caligula's Pool Party

When Emperor Caligula threw a pool party in the 1st century, he really made a splash: Lake Nemi in Italy houses two of the largest Roman ships ever discovered, the Prima nave and Seconda nave, which were floating palaces teeming with luxury features like marble, mosaics, heating, and plumbing. Ironically, the lake was considered sacred and no other boats were allowed to set sail. The Nemi Ships eventually sunk but were later found and recovered by none other than Benito Mussolini.
Source => heritagedaily.com