10 Interesting Facts About Water

1. Roughly 70 percent of an adult’s body is made up of water.


2. At birth, water accounts for approximately 80 percent of an infant’s body weight.


3. A healthy person can drink about three gallons (48 cups) of water per day.


4. While the daily recommended amount of water is eight cups per day, not all of this water must  be consumed in the liquid form. Nearly every food or drink item provides some water to the body.


5. Water dissolves more substances than any other liquid.


6. Much more fresh water is stored under the ground in aquifers than on the earth’s surface.


7. By the time a person feels thirsty, his or her body has lost over 1 percent of its total water amount.


8. The weight a person loses directly after intense physical activity is weight from water, not fat.


9. The total amount of water on the earth is about 326 million cubic miles of water.


10. Somewhere between 70 and 75 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water.

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