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2015-12-16
Water facts

- A person can survive for almost a month without food, but without water he dies in days.
- We begin to feel thirsty when we lose only 1% of the water in our body.
- Water makes up 70% of the weight of the human body.
- The daily dose of water we should take is 30 milligrams per kilogram of weight - so 70 kg. one should drink 2 liters of water daily.
- Only 2% of the water in nature is non-salty and drinkable.
- The body dehydrates much more easily in winter than in warm weather.
- Lack of water is the # 1 cause of fatigue we are experiencing.
- Water is the most versatile solvent, more than any other substance.
- The vast majority of drinking water is underground.
- Water is the most abundant substance on the planet.
- The water is very ancient, the same water has been circulating in nature for millions of years.
- 80% of the planet's surface is covered with water.
- Water in the form of tears protects our eyes.
- During his life, a person drinks about 30,000 liters of water.
- Aging is characterized by one major trend - the loss of water from the body.
- Water is the only substance that we can naturally see in all three of its aggregate states - ice, liquid, steam.
- The weight we lose immediately after strenuous exercise is not fat but water.
- At home, 74% of the water we use in the bathroom, 21% for washing and cleaning and only 5% in the kitchen.
- Why is ice floating above water? It is 9% lighter than it