On: Humans are more dependent on water than many other...

[hinoki]

Humans can survive only on salt water too: https://greatestadventurers.com/the-bombard-story/

It doesn’t sound very pleasant though…

As discussed a few months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26232597

[ClumsyPilot → hinoki]

Humans can't survive on salt water, your kidneys need like 1.6 liters of water to remove salt contained in 1 liter of sea water.

If the reverse were true we wouldnt have hundreds of people a year dying on dingies trying to cross Mediterranean. Do you think they never tried drinking water around them?

[bombcar → ClumsyPilot]

Water, water, every where,

And all the boards did shrink;

Water, water, every where,

Nor any drop to drink.

[ErikVandeWater → bombcar]

Thank you for posting a relevant poem! I realize my day would be improved if that occurred more frequently. It's a good way to stretch the mind in a sea of artless information.

[bombcar → ErikVandeWater]

I feel that one of the more worthwhile results of high-school poetry education is being able to remember them later in life when they're applicable.

[londons_explore → hinoki]

I bet it was mostly the pressed fish that kept him hydrated...