These Bizarre Phenomenons Prove That Reality Is Stranger Than Fiction

Cotton Candy Lakes

For all intents and purposes, water is usually assumed to be blue. Right? Wrong. Australia is famous for serving as the home of all things bizarre and unusual, but its pink lakes defied scientific explanation for years. One of Australia's most famous pink lakes is Lake Hillier. In 2015, a team of researchers analyzed a water sample to determine what caused the lake's pink hue...

Think Pink

Several species of salt-loving bacteria and Dunaliella algae were found in the water, but scientists learned that a single species of bacterium called Salinibacter ruber made up 33% of the collected DNA. It is believed that this bacteria is responsible for the color of these pink lakes instead of microalgae. Fortunately, Lake Hillier is also safe for swimming. Imagine the photo ops in this milky, strawberry-colored body of water!

Next Page →

Advertisement

The More You Know

  • The Crown Jewels contain the two biggest cut diamonds on Earth.
  • The sun and moon appear to be the same size in the sky because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.
  • The first pieces of gold at Fort Knox arrived by mail.
  • War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
Next Page →

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.