Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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The Kangaroo Rat can last longer without water than a camel.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
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The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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Spain's capital Madrid means "place of abundant water".
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Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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