You can spend a day or maybe two without eating, but no one can live without water. And that precious thing is not easy to find. Even though 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water, only 2.5% of that amount is fresh water. So, in some parts of the world, fresh water is considered to be very rare. Did you know that this rare liquid can also kill you?
It’s known as “Water intoxication“. Which is what happens when you drink excessive amount of water. A lot of people have died because of this, especially by drinking more water than a body can handle.
“In humans the kidneys control the amount of water, salts and other solutes leaving the body by sieving blood through their millions of twisted tubules. When a person drinks too much water in a short period of time, the kidneys cannot flush it out fast enough and the blood becomes waterlogged.” According to the Scientific American.
Now you know why those bad guys uses water to torture people.
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Roshan Jerad Perera
