A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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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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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Tap water in Canada is held to a higher health standard than bottled water.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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