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May 17th, 2013 at 2:14AM

bioshoghma-infinium:

pervocracy:

thatscienceguy:

I’m sure everyone has heard about the great Lake Baikal, and if you haven’t,boy, are you missing out.
This ancient lake, which is about 25 million years old, and thought to be the oldest in the world, contains 20% of the world’s unfrozen fresh water. That’s right, it contains just 1% less fresh water than all the Great Lakes combined,while it’s surface area is over 7 times smaller.
Why is that, you ask? It’s because Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world: It’s maximum depth is 1642 meters, which is deep enough for the Eiffel Tower to stand on itself 5 times and not reach the surface.
But it gets better: the Lake Baikal is among the clearest lakes of the world, so you can see the bottom to a depth of nearly 40 meters, and you can drink right from it, no purifying needed. Furthermore, Lake Baikal sustains 2630 different species of animals and plants, 80% of which are unique to it, and can’t be found anywhere else.
Oh, and by the way? Under both the lake and it’s underwater sediment some of Earth’s tallest mountains(plural!) are submerged, their height over 7000 meters.
Lake Baikal is perhaps one of the world’s most amazing, awe-inspiring, and unique locations, and I would seriously recommend everybody who has some free time on their hands to discover more on their own.
P.S. Have I mentioned that when it freezes (fully, whoa!) it’s ice looks like this? And you can listen to some beautiful sounds you can make with it here!

Lake Baikal has seals, even though it’s more than a thousand miles from any ocean. No one’s really sure how they got there.

Holy crap. I thought in the video it was just a buncha stupid drums so I fast forward and NOPE. IT WAS PEOPLE. BANGING AND TAPPING. ON THE ICE
THE ICE

pervocracy:

thatscienceguy:

I’m sure everyone has heard about the great Lake Baikal, and if you haven’t,boy, are you missing out.

This ancient lake, which is about 25 million years old, and thought to be the oldest in the world, contains 20% of the world’s unfrozen fresh water. That’s right, it contains just 1% less fresh water than all the Great Lakes combined,while it’s surface area is over 7 times smaller.

Why is that, you ask? It’s because Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world: It’s maximum depth is 1642 meters, which is deep enough for the Eiffel Tower to stand on itself 5 times and not reach the surface.

But it gets better: the Lake Baikal is among the clearest lakes of the world, so you can see the bottom to a depth of nearly 40 meters, and you can drink right from it, no purifying needed. Furthermore, Lake Baikal sustains 2630 different species of animals and plants, 80% of which are unique to it, and can’t be found anywhere else.

Oh, and by the way? Under both the lake and it’s underwater sediment some of Earth’s tallest mountains(plural!) are submerged, their height over 7000 meters.

Lake Baikal is perhaps one of the world’s most amazing, awe-inspiring, and unique locations, and I would seriously recommend everybody who has some free time on their hands to discover more on their own.

P.S. Have I mentioned that when it freezes (fully, whoa!) it’s ice looks like this? And you can listen to some beautiful sounds you can make with it here!

Lake Baikal has seals, even though it’s more than a thousand miles from any ocean. No one’s really sure how they got there.

Holy crap. I thought in the video it was just a buncha stupid drums so I fast forward and NOPE. IT WAS PEOPLE. BANGING AND TAPPING. ON THE ICE

THE ICE

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May 17th, 2013 at 2:07AM

THERES ONLY 116 SAND CATS LEFT ON EARTH

the-page-of-rage:

twingeneticist:

THERES

ONLY

116

SAND

CATS

LEFT

ON

EARTH

NOOOO

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May 17th, 2013 at 1:58AM

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May 16th, 2013 at 3:10AM

smile-tohidethe-tears:

herekumsfaberrittana:

Disliking someone who is black does not make you racist

Disliking someone because they are black makes you racist

Disliking someone who is gay does not make you homophobic

Disliking someone because they are gay makes you homophobic

Disliking someone who is a woman does not make you sexist

Disliking someone because they are a woman makes you sexist

EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS

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May 16th, 2013 at 3:06AM

oopsishittedagain:

avengethewholockians:

420goku:

420goku:

MY DAD GAVE ME A GOLDEN GAYTIME IVE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER

I DIDNT REALISE HOW THIS MIGHT SOUND TO NON-AUSTRALIANS IM REALLY SORRY

i feel like you australians are just fucking with us now

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May 16th, 2013 at 3:05AM

mrs-5:

visualpunker:

Illustration 01:

Cyberpunk Cities

M O THE R FU CK ING SH I T I CA N N O T

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May 16th, 2013 at 2:54AM

ricotez:

boy I do wonder who of these people will turn out to be plot relevant

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May 13th, 2013 at 3:02AM

mashyspikeplates:

neonick312:

finndahero:

theories-of-ooo:

This could be why Finn is afraid of the ocean: it caused the death of his mother.

~~Amazingly perfectly awesome~~ Theory from: Anon.

This. Scares. Me.

This is why I love the internet

(0___0)

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May 13th, 2013 at 2:44AM

th3dalton:

nicestrokepam:

this is probably the most accurate commercial on tv right now.

My life perfectly right here.

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May 13th, 2013 at 2:37AM

thestonemask:

rebelliousavox:

there is a hell in the zelda fandom

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