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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

facts about salts


facts about salts

ffaaccttss about salts:
1. Until the 20th century, a bag of salt (called amoleh) is the base currency in Abyssinia (now Ethiopia)

2. The Amazing Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat denan size of 4000 square miles in Bolivia. when a thin layer of sea water above the sand, it becomes a mirror rara avis. This reflectivity makes it a very useful tool in the calibration of scientific equipment from outer space. useful in the calibration of scientific equipment from outer space. The salt flat also contains half the world's supply of lithium.

3. Salt is very important for our bodies. if you drink too much water, it will eliminate a lot of fluid containing sodium in the body and can lead to hyponatremia (complications of medical disease in which the body loses a lot of fluids containing sodium) that prove fatal. This is what killed Jennifer Strange who follow the competition "Hold your wee for a wii"

4. even so important, consuming too much salt can also be deadly. You need about 1 gram of salt in every kilogram of your weight and that is enough to kill you. (So if you weigh 50 kg, 50 grams of salt can kill you, less LBH so) This is used as a method of ritual suicide in China, especially in the nobility as the time it is very expensive salt

5. Good quality sea salt contains many minerals that are important to our bodies. The best type of sea salt should be slightly damp when it was taken from the sea

6. In the Middle Ages, salt was so expensive that is sometimes referred to as "white gold". At that time, there are specific transportation routes for connecting the inland city of salt from Lüneburg to the German Baltic coast.

7. Black violations made in India by salt water mixed with the seeds of Harad. The mixture was allowed to evaporate leaving a black lump of salt. When the salt evenly, the resulting powder into the color pink

8. In Guerande, France, salt is still collected in the traditional way by using the basket which must wait for the sea water flooded. This enacting of salt is very expensive and highly sought after, especially with the best quality which is called the Fleur de cells (flower of salt)

9. there is a common misconception that the Roman soldiers paid with salt (as salary). but they are paid with money sabenarnya normal reply. connection with the salt is possible by the fact that the Roman soldiers are protected when traveling to Rome Salt

10. before biblical Judaism was removed, mixed with salt to sacrifice animals to God. according to Moses in Leviticus 2:13 which states: "Whatsoever sacrifice thou offerest, thou shalt season it with salt, neither shalt thou take away the salt of the covenant of thy God from thy sacrifice. In all thy oblations thou shalt offer salt. "(Fear of translating). So salt is considered a symbol of wisdom.

11. After the aviation fuel was purified, mixed with salt it to remove all traces of water before it can be used.

12. Sodium chloride is formed when sodium metal reacts with chlorine gas is stable. This is the only family of rocks on a regular basis are eaten by humans

13. In the early 1800s salt 4 times more expensive as the price of beef which are in the border region - it is very important in maintaining human and livestock in order to stay alive

14. Only 6% of salt used in the United States is used in food, 17% are used for de-icing streets and highways in winter

15. In the late 17th century, salt was the goods carried by the leading cargo from the Caribbean to North America and vice versa. It is used for food the slaves on sugar plantations

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