Water Facts

Cats hate the water because their fur does not insulate well when it’s wet. The Turkish Van, however, is one cat that likes swimming. Bred in central Asia, its coat has a unique texture that makes it water resistant

During WWI allied soldiers would fire over German trenches at random to boil the coolant water in their machine guns to make tea

Three of the world’s five oldest rivers flow in America: The New, the Susquehanna, and the French Broad Rivers are each hundreds of millions of years

There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover the entire landmass of North and South America in one foot of liquid

In a double rainbow, light is reflected twice inside each water droplet, and the colours in the outer arc appear in reverse order

When water comes into contact with your face or even if you hold your breath, your heartbeat slows down. This phenomenon is called as mammalian drive reflex. It is a physiological response where it enables your body to function under low oxygen level environment

Antarctica is almost completely covered by ice and it contains roughly the 70% of fresh water of the world. With its ice, it is the highest continent of the world with a height of 2.500 meters

Differently from the majority of fishes, sharks do not have any swim bladders and they can never stop swimming

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