FUN FACTS
Facts of
Water
Greater St. Louis Council
Personnel: Six Cub
Scouts
Equipment: Buckets of water the Scouts can hold
while speaking.
#1: Did you know that watermelon isn't called
that for nothing? It’s 97% water.
#2: Did you know
that during a lifetime, you will drink about 16,000 gallons of
water?
3#: Did you know if all the valleys and mountains
on land and on sea were leveled, water would cover the entire earth
two miles deep?
#4: Did you know that waterpower is no
idle phrase? Water flowing at 10 miles an hour can move a rock 10
feet thick.
#5: Did you know that water helps regulate
climate: It absorbs heat in summer and releases it in the
winter.
#6: Did you know that a birch tree releases about
70 gallons of water into the atmosphere each day, almost the amount
a person uses in his home each day?
National Water Quality Month--August 1-31
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