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Fun fact 5 about Lake Superior

Lake Superior, ISS
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Lake Superior's water is cold enough year-round to inhibit bacterial growth, causing sunken bodies to tend to sink and never resurface.

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Lake Superior

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Area
82,100 km²
Max depth
406 m
Countries
United States, Canada
2nd largest lake in the world

Lake Superior is a lake in central North America. The northernmost, westernmost, and highest of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior straddles the Canada–United States border with the Canadian province of Ontario to the north and east and the U.S. states of Minnesota to the west and Michigan and Wisconsin to the south.

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