Check out 15 fascinating water-related curiosities

About 69% of the fresh water on Earth is found in glaciers and polar regions in the form of ice.

2 - Still on fresh water, estimates indicate that 30% of it is found in aquifers, that is, “stored” below the surface.

3 - This means that, according to these calculations, only 1% of the world's freshwater is available for human consumption within easy reach.

About 70% of our brain is made up of water. In the case of jellyfish and cucumbers, its composition is 95%.

But once again talking about the amount of water in the human body, the skin is made up of 64% of the fluid, while the composition of the muscles and kidneys is about 79% or so. Even bones contain water - 31% of them correspond to it, to be precise.

6 - Although it is not cool to pee in swimming pools, relieving yourself in the sea is clear - since 95% of urine is made up of water and the nitrogen in urea can be used as food by sea plants.

But speaking of swimming pools, the largest in the world is in Chile, measuring just over 1, 000 meters in length and containing approximately 250 million liters of marine water.

8 - Did you know that earthquakes can "turn" water into gold? In fact, what happens is that strong earthquakes can cause cracks in the rocks to open wider, causing a sudden drop in pressure. As a result, the fluids - and the gold dissolved in them - present in these fractures end up leaking rapidly, releasing the precious material.

9 Camels can drink an incredible 200 liters of water in about three minutes.

10 - And cats have kidneys so efficient that they are able to rehydrate even by drinking seawater!

11 Scientists have discovered a huge "reservoir" of water in space that contains the equivalent of 140 trillion times the amount of water present in Earth's oceans.

12 - The word "whiskey" is a Gaelic word whose translation means "water of life".

Interestingly, sound travels almost 5 times faster underwater than in the air.

14 - One study found that living in a place overlooking the sea - or the water in general, whether in the form of a river, lake, etc. - can make people calmer, happier and motivate creativity.

15 - People living in Africa and Asia are required to travel an average of 6 kilometers to collect water.

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