Today’s interesting fact has to do with fresh water.

Fresh water accounts for about 2.5% of the water on the earth.

The rest, 97.5% is salt water.

Of the fresh water availble on the earth, less than 1% is available to humans, and is found in lakes, rivers, resevoirs, underground aquifers we can afford to tap.  This fresh water is renewed only by falls of rain and snow.

70% of all the fresh water is tied up in ice caps on Antartica and Greenland.

The other 29% of fresh water is tied up in soil moisture, deep underground aquifers and moisture in the atmosphere as vapour or clouds.

Today’s interesting fact has to do with Cholera.

There are from 3 to 5 million cases of Cholera a year.

Cholera is a completely preventable disease; the method for preventing outbreaks was discovered in the Victorian age.

Cholera can be prevented by investment in sanitation and clean water, by the use of soap and water before handling food and finally by the boiling of drinking water.

The introduction of tea and coffee to the British Empire actually helped prevent Cholera outbreaks because those who brew it always brought the water to boiling before use.

Today's interesting fact has to do with the planet Saturn.

Saturn is the least dense planet found to date in our solar system.

Its density means that if there were a pool of water big enough to put it in, it would float.

Today's interesting fact has to do with food prices.

Overall food prices have more than doubled over the past 20 years.

Items such as coffee and tea have risen much faster than many other food stuffs, but perhaps the greatest increase has been in bottled water.

But even stapes, such as wheat, rice and potatoes have also had massive increases.

A sack of rice which was purchased two years ago for £5.00, costs more that £10.00 this year.