35 Geography Facts So Wild They’ll Change How You See The Great Lakes

Great Lakes facts don't get more surprising than these. This video breaks down 35 wild facts about the Great Lakes that most people have never heard, from the lake that holds 10% of the world's fresh surface water, to the 9,000 year old stone structure submerged beneath Lake Michigan, to the 6,000 shipwrecks resting on the bottom of these inland seas. You'll learn why Lake Superior never gives up its dead, how Lake Erie can tilt 16 feet in a single storm, and why Babe Ruth's first professional home run is still sitting at the bottom of Lake Ontario. These Great Lakes facts cover ice volcanoes on the shores of Lake Michigan, a petrified forest standing upright underwater in Lake Huron, the river that caught fire and forced America to pass the Clean Water Act, and the only freshwater snake in the world that lives on a few small islands in Lake Erie. If you think you know the Great Lakes, this video has 35 reasons you don't.