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68.7% of Earth's freshwater is in ice.

18points

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J Rob 1 year ago

Not for long...

14points

Drinking too much water can be fatal.

healthline.com Report

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

In my native land we call this Drowning.

14points

The Atlantic Ocean water is saltier than the Pacific Oceans' water.

tandfonline.com Report

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Mister Dave 1 year ago

Yeah, sorry about that.

0points

A dishwasher uses 4-10 gallons of water per load, while washing by hand can use 20 gallons.

savingwater.org Report

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Noltha 1 year ago

Strongly depends on how you wash by hand. If you let the water run all the time, obviously you waste a lot.

4points

Water can be described as sticky or cohesive, water molecules want to cling to each other which creates large surface tension, for example, this means that water can draw blood from narrow blood vessels in the body, often against gravity.

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

This is why swimming pools are dark red by the end of the day.

2points

askdruniverse.wsu.edu Report

There is about the same amount of water on Earth now as there were millions of years ago.

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

“Water can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only be converted from one form of water to another.”

3points

geo.libretexts.org Report

The Mpemba effect - Hot water can freeze faster than cold water under some conditions.

math.ucr.edu Report

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

Pronounced “Doppler”.

2points

#10

Since water is much denser than air, the speed of sound in water is approximately five times faster than the speed in air.

16points

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Noltha 1 year ago

Not an English native speaker, but can the speed be "faster"?

0points

nationalgeographic.com Report

#11

500 sheets of paper requires 1,321 gallons of water.

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

Toilet paper? Printer paper? What are we talking about here?

4points

#12

A leaky faucet that drips at the rate of one drip per second can waste more than 3,000 gallons per year.

epa.gov Report

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Kise Miarse 1 year ago

To be fair, 1 drip per second is pretty substantial.

2points

#13

Pure water, which does not exist in nature, does not conduct electricity. Water becomes a conductor when it begins to dissolve substances around it.

15points

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Xenon 1 year ago

Absolutely pure water will kill you if you drink it.

0points

#14

There is more fresh water in the atmosphere than in all of our rivers combined.

National Wildlife Report

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

Obviously, because there are no fish peeing in the atmosphere.

3points

ellenmacarthurfoundation.org Report

#15

25 billion gallons of water are required for one year’s worth of global textile production, that's including cotton farming as well.

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

Let's add a few words here. Having used all that water, a random major fashion outlet will produce between 10 and 16 collections every year, so that next they can contribute to the tens of millions of tons of unsold clothes, that end up in landfills globally every year, that in turn can take up to 200+ years to decompose.

3points

#16

16% of all water withdrawals are used by municipalities for households and services, and 12% by industries.

unwater.org Report

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

From the water bank?

1point

#17

To create one pint of beer it takes 20 gallons of water.

columbia.edu Report

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

We save water in other areas so we can use it for important things like this.

4points

#18

In 1944, two scientists deprived themselves of water - one for three days and one for four days. However, they terminated the experiment before their condition deteriorated to the point where it was dangerous.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Report

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

The longest someone is known to have gone without water was in the case of Andreas Mihavecz, an 18-year-old Austrian bricklayer who was left locked in a police cell for 18 days in 1979 after the officers on duty forgot about him. His case even made it into the Guinness Book of World Records.

9points

#19

20 percent is the average amount of global industrial water pollution that can be tied to garment manufacturing.

wri.org Report

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

Save the earth, stop wearing garments.

2points

canadiangeographic.ca Report

#20

If the entire world’s water were to fit into a 4-liter jug, the fresh water available for us would equal only about one tablespoon.

usbr.gov Report

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#21

In Canada, there is more water underground than on the surface.

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OnAFreakingRollercoaster 1 year ago

I see Canada i upvote 👍

4points

solarsystem.nasa.gov Report

#22

A liquid-water ocean hides under the frozen surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus.

13points

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

Pronounced Enchiladas.

7points

scientificamerican.com Report

#23

A running toilet can waste up to 200 gallons of water each day.

epa.gov Report

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

Well, when toilet is running, occasional spills are inevitable. Why would it run tho'? Is anyone chasing it? Is it training for a marathon? The world is such a mystery.

3points

#24

A swimming pool naturally loses about 1,000 gallons (3,785 liters) a month to evaporation.

12points

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Steffi Rose 1 year ago

What about cannonballs?

1point

nationalgeographic.com Report

#25

Only 0.007 percent of the planet’s water is available to fuel and feed its 8 billion people.

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

“Fuel and feed”…what exactly are you doing with water??

2points

#26

If you’re drinking on an empty stomach, water can enter your bloodstream within 5 minutes of your first sip.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Report

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#27

A 2.6 billion-year-old pocket of water was discovered in a mine, 2 miles below the earth’s surface.

livescience.com Report

12points

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

If you would drink some of it for €1 comment below.

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oceanexplorer.noaa.gov Report

#28

Water regulates the temperature of the Earth.

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

*writes this down in case there is a test at the end*

3points

#29

An average of 468 gallons of water was required to refine a barrel of crude oil by petroleum refineries in the United States.

pubs.er.usgs.gov Report

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

Making beer uses much less water.

4points

#30

Body water percentage changes at different times of your life: a human fetus is around 95% water for the first months, getting to 77% water at birth, later it declines even more.

healthline.com Report

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

Babies are like jellyfish, old people are more like crackers.

6points

#31

40 billion hours are spent collecting water in Africa alone.

unicefusa.org Report

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

Per day? Per year? Per second? Help us out here.

4points

#32

85% of the world's population lives in the driest half of the planet.

un.org Report

11points

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Kevin Ber 1 year ago

Lol @ Driest half. I think they mean Northern vs Southern Hemisphere. . The Northern Hemisphere is where the majority of the Earth's land mass is. 10-12% of the Earth population lives in the Siuthern hemisphere and its 80% water.But the Northern Hemisphere receives more rain......

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#33

It typically takes between 3,000 and 5,000 litres of water to produce 1 kg of rice.

ircwash.org Report

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

It takes 2,700 liters of water to make one cotton shirt, so we better start eating those unsold textiles.

0points

#34

Globally, 44% of household wastewater is not safely treated.

unwater.org Report

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#35

In plants, water defies gravity.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Report

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Pedantic Panda 1 year ago (edited)

Due to cohesion and transpiration. Also goes against gravity in the water cycle when evaporating.

2points

blog.envirosight.com Report

#36

The first water pipes made in the U. S. were fire-charred, bored-out logs.

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Robert Trebor 1 year ago (edited)

And when they dug up the street in downtown Manhattan to hook up a new skyscraper they found some of these 200 year old bored logs still supplying water. Of course, then they had to replace these, and I'm sure they've had to "dig we must" repeatedly since then.

0points

#37

The weight a person loses directly after intense physical activity is weight from water, not fat.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Report

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

Unless you overdo it and start losing brain cells.

1point

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#38

Water expands by 9 percent when it freezes.

edu.rsc.org Report

10points

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#39

Water use has grown at more than twice the rate of population increase in the last century.

unstats.un.org Report

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

We bathe now.

5points

oceanservice.noaa.gov Report

#40

A jellyfish is 95% water.

10points

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

And what, 5% jelly?

4points

climate.columbia.edu Report

#41

More than one-quarter of all bottled water comes from a municipal water supply – the same place that tap water comes from.

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#42

If all of the water vapor in our planet’s atmosphere fell as water at once and spread out evenly, it would only cover the globe with about an inch of water.

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LoneTomato 1 year ago

The key word here is "evenly"

0points

#43

In 1998 the National Resources Defense Council completed a 4-year test of 103 bottles water, and found that 1/3 of them contained bacteria and other chemicals at levels exceeding industry standards.

nrdc.org Report

10points

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#44

The average cost for water supplied to a home in the U.S. is about $2.00 for 1,000 gallons, which equals about 5 gallons for a penny.

epa.gov Report

9points

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Philly Bob 1 year ago

This is why Evian spelled backwards is Naive... ya gotta be naive to spend $3 US on a 16 oz bottle of water.

2points

#45

90% of water-related diseases are due to unsafe water supply, sanitation, and
hygiene, and is mostly concentrated on children in developing countries.

who.int Report

9points

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

AKA poo in the water.

0points

#46

Global water demand is projected to increase by 20 to 30% by 2050.

unwater.org Report

9points

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#47

Water is the only substance on earth that is found naturally in three forms: liquid, solid and gas.

Report

9points

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Laura Ketteridge 1 year ago

Formic acid has a melting point of 8.4 °C, and boiling point of 100.4C. It is possible for an ant to spray formic acid onto a cold item and for the formic acid to freeze. It's possible for the ant to spray the formic acid onto something hot, and for it to boil.

0points

#48

Water released from hydrothermal vents in the seafloor can can be up to 400º Celsius.

whoi.edu Report

9points

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#49

Using rice water to wash your hair can make it healthier and stronger.

medicalnewstoday.com Report

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Philly Bob 1 year ago

So it leaves your hair rice and fluffy?

5points

#50

Globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with feces.

who.int Report

9points

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

That’s why you don’t drink the tap water in many places.

2points

#51

Approximately 50 liters of water per person per day are needed to ensure that most basic needs are met while keeping public health risks at a low level.

who.int Report

9points

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#52

As of 2015, approximately 322 billion gallons of water are used in the United States per day.

8points

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

But that water is being used to make things that benefit the whole world like beer.

2points

automotiveworld.com Report

#53

According to some estimates, producing a car uses over 39,000 gallons of water.

8points

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#54

69% of the world’s freshwater withdrawals are committed to agriculture.

globalagriculture.org Report

8points

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#55

The estimated annual economic loss from poor water and sanitation in developing countries is $260 billion.

unicefusa.org Report

8points

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#56

Scientists predict that the water in Earth's oceans came from water-carrying bodies in the early solar system that collided with our planet. Similar to today’s ice-rich asteroids or comets.

nasa.gov Report

8points

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#57

The earliest known example of an actual inter-state conflict over water took place between 2500 and 2350 BC between the Sumerian states of Lagash and Umma.

academic.oup.com Report

8points

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Robert Trebor 1 year ago

Bout to have one between California and Arizona.

0points

#58

Your drinking water may be fluoridated to help prevent dental cavities.

cdc.gov Report

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Russell Bowman 1 year ago

“I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.” Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper of "Dr Strangelove"

0points