14 Interesting Facts About Lakes

The combined surface area of the Great Lakes is roughly equal to the size of the United Kingdom, and the lakes contain approximately 35,000 islands.

During the first splashdown by Soviet crew, the Soyuz capsule landed in the middle of a blizzard, punched through a frozen lake, went fully underwater and the lake above them froze over, partially requiring an intense rescue operation lasting 9 hours under -22°C.

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