That's Some Salty Water!

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Earth's oceans have different levels of salinity due to rainfall, evaporation, river runoff, and ice formation.  For more information and lists of oceans' salinity levels click here, and click here.  What did you learn today?

Recipe for Salty Relief

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The reasons why gargling with salt-water is beneficial for a sore throat and a cold, as well as the accompanying throat-pain of both, are:  salt prevents bacteria from growing, and salt relieves inflammation by drawing moisture out of swollen tissues.  My recipe is two measuring-teaspoons of kosher salt desolved in one ice-tea glass of water (if you're not from The South, that would be a highball glass, or a 12-ounce glass).  For more information click here and click here...and I hope if you have a cold like me, that gargling with salt-water helps you like it does me, and that you feel better soon.