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Water facts

News 2015-12-16

Water facts

  1. A person can survive for almost a month without food, but without water he dies in days.
  2. We begin to feel thirsty when we lose only 1% of the water in our body.
  3. Water makes up 70% of the weight of the human body.
  4. 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.
  5. Only 2% of the water in nature is non-salty and drinkable.
  6. The body dehydrates much more easily in winter than in warm weather.
  7. Lack of water is the # 1 cause of fatigue we are experiencing.
  8. Water is the most versatile solvent, more than any other substance.
  9. The vast majority of drinking water is underground.
  10. Water is the most abundant substance on the planet.
  11. The water is very ancient, the same water has been circulating in nature for millions of years.
  12. 80% of the planet's surface is covered with water.
  13. Water in the form of tears protects our eyes.
  14. During his life, a person drinks about 30,000 liters of water.
  15. Aging is characterized by one major trend - the loss of water from the body.
  16. Water is the only substance that we can naturally see in all three of its aggregate states - ice, liquid, steam.
  17. The weight we lose immediately after strenuous exercise is not fat but water.
  18. At home, 74% of the water we use in the bathroom, 21% for washing and cleaning and only 5% in the kitchen.
  19. Why is ice floating above water? It is 9% lighter than it