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145 - History's Most Interesting Non-Water Floods

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Carbon Dioxide in the Bottom of the Lake in Camaroon

On the 21st of august 1986 there was something that occurred in lake nios called a limnic eruption. There's a volcano nearby and carbon dioxide is being fed through the the volcanic rock at the bottom of this lake. Every once in a while it will all just instantly boil off, like a bubble or a belch. That's you immediately know what's going on because it hurts okay.

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