Interesting Facts - Page 142

There were more German soldiers who died in January of 1945 than American soldiers who died in the entirety of World War II.

Lake Baikal contains about 22% of all the fresh surface water in the world.

Grover Cleveland was a bachelor when he became President of the United States. However, about halfway into his first term, he courted and married a 21 year college student.

Spanish cyclist Miguel Induráin was measured to have a resting heart rate of 28 beats per minute, less than half that of a typical healthy adult.

Not too long ago, the Black Sea was an inland sea that wasn't connected to the Mediterranean. Around 7500 years ago, water from the Mediterranean spilled into the Black Sea, causing it to nearly double in size. Some people think this massive flood took place in less than a single year. If so, it might have inspired the legend of Noah's flood.