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Hello dear blog readers! Do you know what holiday the whole planet celebrates on March 22? Day of water resources. The UN General Assembly established it to remind people of water problems every year.
And today I want to bring to your attention the facts about water. Which, perhaps, will inspire you to treat her with more attention. Since we sometimes waste it thoughtlessly, not caring at all about the planet, about the future of our descendants.
Where is?
- It may seem surprising, but it is in Africa, where people die of thirst and infections due to the use of dirty water, that the world’s largest reserves of it are located, and fresh ones at that. They are in underground reservoirs. But scientists are in no hurry to drill wells, as this can quickly deplete them. Accordingly, the population will remain completely without life-giving moisture. Moreover, serious climate changes await the planet ahead, which will help mitigate such reservoirs.
- Finland’s underground springs contain the purest water on the planet. To come to this conclusion, experts had to explore 122 countries.
- There is much more liquid in the atmosphere than in all the rivers of our planet.
- In Yugoslavia there is a very unusual lake Tsirknitskoe. And it is unusual in that it changes every season. In a sense, in winter and summer it completely disappears, as if drying up, and in spring and autumn it appears, gaining again.
- Do you think it is possible to write on paper with water? Well, to be visible, and not just leave wet marks. It turns out yes. In Algeria there is a real ink lake, it is poisonous to living beings, respectively, there are no fish and plants in it. It is for writing only.
Composition and Properties
- Did you know that water can burn? Miracle, isn’t it? But in fact, there is nothing magical in this property, only chemistry. There are springs in Azerbaijan that contain a large amount of methane. And if you bring a lighted match to any of them, this gas, as it should, will ignite. Giving the impression that the water itself is blazing.
- One cubic meter of sea water contains 1,5 grams of protein. Accordingly, it is the most nutritious liquid on our planet.
- How many states does water have? If you think that 3 is liquid, solid and gaseous, then you are very mistaken. It turns out that there are about 20 of them. And only about 14 varieties fall on the solid.
- Cold water is heavier than hot water.
- Our bones, in addition to organic and inorganic substances, such as calcium, magnesium, mineral salts of phosphorus, etc., consist of 31 percent water.
Amazing facts
- On average, a person who drinks about 2 liters of water per day consumes more than 30 tons in his entire life. Just imagine this volume of liquid at the same time!
- Scientists are still arguing and cannot come to a consensus about the reasons for such a unique phenomenon — boiling water turns into ice faster than cold water.
- If you loosely turn on the tap and a drop flows out of it about once a second, then for a whole year about 11 thousand liters can “idle” leak.
- Over the past 50 years, a little more than 500 local conflicts have occurred in the world directly because of water resources, 21 times it came to war.
- How many minutes or seconds can you spend underwater? Here is a Croatian diver Budimir Shobat was able to hold his breath for as much as 24 minutes and 11 seconds, thereby setting a world record.
- Bill Gates, the well-known creator of Microsoft, is sponsoring a project that is developing a special device that converts feces into drinking water (which contains about 75% of it).
- Scientists are inclined to believe that water actually appeared from space due to a comet bombardment. This is such a phenomenon when comets with ice collided with the Earth and left a so-called «wet trail».
Impact on health
- Clean water in large quantities is recommended by nutritionists. Since after it there is no acute desire to drink more or eat something sweet. As, for example, happens after a cup of tea or coffee. It is especially important to replace carbonated drinks with it, which only contribute to the formation of excess weight.
- Specialists conducted a number of studies, during which it was found that a person who drinks about 2 liters of water per day has a much lower risk of acquiring cardiovascular diseases compared to those who consume less than a liter.
- More than 80 million people die every year due to various diseases associated with the use of water, mainly tap water or wells. In such cases, it may be too dirty or infected with dangerous viruses.
- According to UNICEF, about 800 children die every day due to diarrhea caused by drinking dirty water.
- A person can live an average of 5-6 days without water, but on the 7th day he probably dies.
- To improve overall well-being, drink 2 glasses of water at once.
Interesting Facts
- Approximately 783 million people in the world do not have access to clean water. Mostly due to living in arid areas or due to armed conflicts. As a result, water infrastructure is being destroyed.
- Water covers about 71% of the entire surface of our planet, but only 0,3% is available for consumption. Since most of the fresh water is either underground or forms glaciers.
- It’s terrible, but about a quarter of all the bottled water in the world that we buy in the hope that it is purified is actually ordinary tap water.
- A toilet flush uses between 600 and 1 liters every day, and maybe a lot more, depending on how many family members use it. An ordinary flush tank without an economical design holds from 6 to 10 liters, so the flow rate is easy to calculate, you just need to note how many times a day you visit the toilet approximately.
Little known facts
- At 120 degrees below Celsius, water becomes just viscous, and if the mark reaches -135, it looks like glass, without the so-called crystal lattice.
- When brushing your teeth, do you usually leave the faucet on, thinking that not much water will escape? Then I hasten to upset you, a little more than 7 liters are lost per minute, respectively, if you turn off the tap every morning, you will save about 5 thousand, 475 liters per year. Provided that two minutes is enough for you to clean.
- We all know that we are about 60-75% water, a newborn baby is 90%, and a 7-year-old child is 80%. And when a person at any age loses about 1%, he is thirsty. If 10% — then he has auditory, gustatory, visual, olfactory and even tactile hallucinations. With a loss of 12%, it requires the immediate intervention of doctors, otherwise, if the figure reaches 20%, he will simply die.
And a bit more…
- We all know that water freezes at zero temperature. But it turns out that this is only the one in which there are various impurities. Scientists were able to experimentally obtain water so pure that it retains its liquid state even at sub-zero temperatures. Turning into ice only when the thermometer shows -11 degrees.
- We all know that a camel can go without water for a long time. About two weeks without a threat to life. But it turns out that he is not a record holder in this rank, for four weeks the giraffes can withstand quite calmly. And at a watering place, they can absorb about 35 liters at a time.
- In Los Angeles, Swarowski water is sold, which is considered the most expensive in the world. A liter bottle, adorned with precious stones, costs about $90. And sales are quite active, despite the price. It has some special flavor, which is unlike anything else, which makes it so popular.
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And finally, I want to recommend you an article in which you will find information about why you need to drink a lot of water, what threatens dehydration and how to calculate your individual volume per day so as not to harm the body. Because you can easily get poisoned if you overdo it with the reception and cause a disease such as hyperhydration.
If you know any little-known facts about water that were not included in this list, please share them in the comments.
Take care of yourself, be happy and of course drink enough clean water to be healthy and active!
The material was prepared by a psychologist, Gestalt therapist, Zhuravina Alina