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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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
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The Kangaroo Rat can last longer without water than a camel.
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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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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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There are about 100,000 bacteria in one litre of drinking water.
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