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TIL Lake Vostok, the 16th largest lake in the world, was only confirmed to exist in 1993. It’s located in Antarctica beneath a 4km ice sheet. The average water temperature is around −3 °C; it remains liquid below freezing point because of high pressure from the weight of the ice above it

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