Infographic from the International Water Security Network.
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10. In some conditions, hot water freezes faster than cold water.
Source: math.ucr.edu/ho...
9. The first recorded case of bottled water being sold was in the 1760s in Boston, USA.
Source: www.greatlakesl...
8. A tomato and a jellyfish are 95% water.
Source: www.livestrong.... and oceanservice.no...
7. Water can dissolve more substances than any other liquid including sulphuric acid.
Source: water.epa.gov/l...
6. Water is the only substance on Earth that exists naturally in three forms: solid, liquid and gas.
Source: earthobservator...
5. Around 60% of an adult male’s body is made of water, compared with 55% for an adult female. Water makes up 92% of our blood, 75% of our brain and heart, and 22% of our bones.
Source: water.usgs.gov/... and savethewater.or...
4. The overall amount of water on Earth - around 326 million trillion gallons - has remained the same for two billion years.
Source: www.nasa.gov/fa... and savethewater.or...
3. A person can survive for around one month without food but only five days without water.
Source: www.thewaterpag...
2. Everything we eat needs water to make. One kilogram of chocolate takes 17,000 litres of water to produce, a loaf of bread 1,300 litres, and one egg 200 litres.
Source: www.theguardian... and ni.lovefoodhate...
1. More people have mobile phones than have access to toilets and latrines.
Source: www.un.org/apps...
22 ноя 2015