Interesting about salt

We offer a selection of interesting and little-known facts about salt, the knowledge of which will not only expand your horizons, but will also shine at the event erudition.

• In ancient Rome, salt trays each guest as a token of friendship
• In India, the expression "I eat his salt" means that "it contains me and I owe him"
• In Russia, from 1818 to 1881 there was a tax on salt. After its cancellation value salt for several years snizilast tripled, and increased consumption by several times
• In the Middle Ages, the price of salt was so high that she played the role of money, as well as other valuable items
• Until the XIX century in Russia there was a custom "treats the water." He cajoled to he kept the fish in the river, not tearing networks provide a good catch and saved the drowning. Refreshments served as a horse - her head rubbed with honey and salt, were taken to the middle of the river and dumped into the water
• Until recently, pickling was the main way to long-term storage of food
• If the release of a live frog all the blood, it "dies" - stop moving, stop breathing and halt the heart. But if her blood vessels are filled with saline, consisting mainly of sodium chloride solution in water, "dead man" come to life. The muscles will react to stimulation, the heart starts beating, breath
• If added to the ice one twentieth of a salt, it will dissolve ice and a solution is formed, which freezes at a lower temperature than water. This is the basis sprinkling salt roadway and sidewalks when it is necessary to melt ice or packed snow on icy
• If you put a piece of sodium in a stream of chlorine, the sodium quickly connected with chlorine, and place a piece of shiny silver turn white crystalline powder of sodium chloride - table salt
• Art salted meat and fish has been known since ancient times. According to Herodotus, it was highly prevalent in Egypt, where they were organized special rybosolelni. In addition, the Egyptians salted quail, ducks and other small birds
• Table salt - is the only mineral substance that a person uses in a pure form
• Adding to the daily diet of about 20 grams of salt a person eats an average of 7-8 kg of salt a year. By the seventies, the life of this number will be a half-ton
• In many cultures it was customary to "salt" the newborn in protection from evil spirits that embody the disease, insomnia and even the whims of children
• Until the 20th century kilos of salt were the main currency in Ethiopia
• Amazing Salar de Uyuni (the largest salt lake in the world) is in Bolivia. It turns into a mirror when coated with a thin layer of water. This phenomenon is very useful to test scientific equipment from outer space. It is also a wonderful place contains half the world's supply of lithium
• Salt is so important for the body, if you drink too much water, it can wash out of the body and cause hyponatremia.  
• Eating too much salt can be deadly - just eat 1 gram of salt per kilogram of body weight to die. This method has been used as a method of ritual suicide in China - especially among the nobility, as salt was very expensive.
• Sea salt contains good quality essential minerals to the body. The best type of sea salt should be slightly wet due to the water from which the salt is taken.
• Black salt is made in India by mixing salt water with grains Harada. The mixture was evaporated and the black lumps remain salt. When it is ready, it becomes a pinkish hue.
• Rumor has it that Roman soldiers were paid with salt, but in fact they were paid ordinary money. Communication with salt is that the soldiers guarding the salt roads leading to Rome. In general, the Roman soldiers were mercenaries, private and not public employees.
• Before Biblical Judaism disappeared, salt mixed with animal sacrifices. Salt was a symbol of wisdom and freedom.
• After the jet fuel is cleaned, it is mixed with salt to remove all traces of water before using this fuel.
• Sodium chloride is generated when an unstable metal sodium reacts with chlorine gas. This is the only kind of stone that people eat.
• In the early 1800s gg salt was 4 times more expensive than beef - it served to sustain people and livestock.
• Only 6% of salt is used for food, 17% is used to cover the streets in winter.
• At the end of the 17th century. salt was the main cargo from the Caribbean to North America. It was used as food for slaves on the sugar plantations. 
• In many European countries and US states deployed program to explain the devastating effects of abuse of salt. In England, passed a law requiring the report to the labels of food products on the salt content. Finland has managed to reduce their salt intake by one-third, so that the death rate from strokes and heart attacks decreased by 80%
• According to the World Health Organization, a systematic technique of excess compared to normal physiological amounts of salt leads to high blood pressure and as a result - to a variety of diseases
• Global resources NaCl per colossal land and is not less than (3.5-4.0) h1015 tons, and in the oceans in every cubic meter of water contains on average about 27.2 kg of NaCl. Generalized information about the world's reserves of sodium are absent because of the complexity and diversity calculations.

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