You Wouldn't Believe What Scientists Found Frozen in Glaciers and Lakes

 A 250 Million-Year-Old Lake

This frozen lake in subglacial Russia shocked scientists and the public alike when 2 miles of downward drilling showed humanity something it had never seen before. Almost like the start of a horror movie, this lake contains bacteria that are completely unlike anything else on Earth. Some scientists theorize that this bacteria came from an asteroid and has been preserved under this sheet of ice for millions of years. 

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