Would you believe that cold water is heavier than hot water? Or that hot water can actually freeze faster than cold water under certain circumstances? The world is a crazy place. Who would think that seemingly the most basic compound on our planet would be so interesting. To be honest, many of water’s quirky and interesting properties are what make life possible. Like the fact that 4 degrees Celsius is the temperature at which water has its maximum density. Nearly every single other compound continues to decrease in temperature as it becomes more dense. It is this simple and very strange property of water that has allowed life to exist on Earth. Think about it. The densest water always sinks to the bottom of the lake right? This means that the water at the bottom of the lake is always 4 degrees Celsius. The ice and other colder water rises to the top. This is why when lakes freeze the ice stays floating at the surface and the fish can swim freely down below. If water didn’t behave the way it does, life wouldn’t be able to survive in your back yard lake when it freezes over. These are 25 Odd Facts About Water That Might Quench Your Curiosity!
Cold water is heavier than hot water
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia And hot water can actually freeze faster than cold water under certain circumstances
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Only 1% of the world's water is drinkable
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia In Peru there is a billboard that creates drinkable water out of the air
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Water doesn't actually conduct electricity very well, but the impurities found in water do
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia During the Middle Ages beer was consumed more than water because the alcohol was safer to drink
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Remember how we said that 1% of Earth's water is drinkable? Well, about 90% of that drinkable water is found in Antarctica
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Two thirds of the water used in an average home is used in the bathroom
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Drinking too much water can kill you (water intoxication)
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia So we said that 90% of the Earth's 1% of drinkable water is Antarctica right? Now get this - 20% of the remaining .1% is in a Russian Lake called Lake Baikal
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia It takes nearly 3,000 gallons of water to manufacture one pair of jeans
Source: epa.gov, Image: wikipedia The expiration date on water bottles is for the bottle, not the water (although when the bottle expires it may start to leak chemicals into the water. This, however, is usually not life threatening but might change the taste)
Source: livescience, Image: wikipedia Bill Gates oversaw the construction of a machine that turns feces into drinkable water and electricity
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia The reason that the machine works is that 75% of your feces is actually water
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia People in Asia and Africa have to walk an average of 6km (3.7 miles) to collect water
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Your bones consist of 31% water
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Jellyfish are about 95% water
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia There is more fresh water in the atmosphere than in all the Earth's rivers combined
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Because of the altitude, water boils quicker in Denver than in New York City
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia The average American uses 100 gallons of water every day
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia The average resident of Sub-Saharan Africa uses about 3 gallons of water per day
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Water is the only substance to be found naturally on Earth in 3 states (solid, liquid, and gas)
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia If the sea level rose 10 meters because of melting ice caps, 25% of the United States population would be affected
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Scientists have recently confirmed that there is water on the moon
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Giraffes can go longer without drinking water than camels can
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