Curious Facts CONTEST #8

[jayniel]

The Dead Sea is so dense with salt, you can easily float on it without drowning. It is 9.6 times salter than any other bodies of water. Dead Sea is a salt lake and not a sea.

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With 33.7% salinity, the Dead Sea is one of the world’s saltiest bodies of water.

The Dead Sea is roughly 8.6 times saltier than the ocean. This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which animals cannot flourish (hence its name). The high salinity prevents macroscopic aquatic organisms such as fish and aquatic plants from living in it, though minuscule quantities of bacteria and microbial fungi are present.

Biblically, the Dead Sea was a place of refuge for King David. It was one of the world’s first health resorts (for Herod the Great), and it has been the supplier of a wide variety of products, from balms for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilizers.

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This is my entry for the #curiousfacts contest. Thanks to @river-island .

Comments

[river-island]

Thank you for participating in Curious Facts Contest #8

Good luck!😊

Resteemd and Upvoted!

[leeart]

This is a place I want to visit at least once. This sea gets interesting as new things are being discovered.

[jayniel]

Absolutely, this is a good place for people who doesnt know how to swim . Haha

[leeart]

Perfect! I don't know how to swim lol!