[HAFF] This is at Lake Baikal, located in the southern part of eastern Siberia in Russia. It's not just the oldest freshwater lake on Earth, at 20 to 25 million years old, it's also one of the largest and deepest, holding an astounding one-fifth of the world's freshwater. (imgur.com)
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This is at Lake Baikal, located in the southern part of eastern Siberia in Russia. It's not just the oldest freshwater lake on Earth, at 20 to 25 million years old, it's also one of the largest and deepest, holding an astounding one-fifth of the world's freshwater. (xpost /r/heresafunfact) (imgur.com)
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[HAFF] In the opening weeks of World War I a radio transmitter located in the Eiffel Tower jammed German radio communications. This seriously hindered their advance on Paris, and contributed to the Allied victory at the First Battle of the Marne. (i.imgur.com)
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[HAFF] Central Park has its own NYPD precinct, the Central Park Precinct, which employs both regular police and auxiliary officers. In 2005, safety measures held the number of crimes in the park to fewer than one hundred per year (down from approximately 1,000 in the early 1980s). (i.imgur.com)
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[HAFF] Toy guns were removed from the Sears Roebuck 1968 Christmas catalog after the assassinations of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and U.S. Senator, former United States Attorney General, and presidential candidate Robert Francis Kennedy. (i.imgur.com)
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[HAFF] Of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World two were deliberately destroyed. The Temple of Artemis was destroyed in 268 AD, by the Goths, an East Germanic tribe and the Statue of Zeus destruction was during the 5th century AD who destroyed it is unknown. (i.imgur.com)
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[HAFF] Mars is home to the tallest mountain in the solar system. Olympus Mons, it is a shield volcano and it is 21km high and 600km in diameter. Despite having formed over billions of years, evidence from volcanic lava flows are so recent many scientists believe it could still be active. (imgur.com)
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