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FUN FACT: “People often guess that Minnesota has the most lakes of any state, but it’s actually fourth,” said MSU postdoctoral researcher and team member Ian McCullough. “People probably think of the 10,000 lakes license plates, but Minnesota has 29,669 lakes greater than one hectare in size. For the 10,000 lakes license plates to be accurate, they would need to print the caveat that they are only counting lakes greater than 7.67 hectares or change the plate to 29,669 lakes. I don’t know how many of those plates would sell.

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