Did Ja Know?

An estimated 716 trillion zebra mussel velligers (larvae) exit Lake Pepin in Minnesota and float down the Mississippi River daily during the summer.

Source: Ron Benjamin, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (1999)

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