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The tea ceremony is actually about water

Japanese tea ceremony elevates heating water into a meditation on presence and perfection.

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When gravity nearly disappears

On the ISS, surface tension pulls liquid into the smallest shape. Boiling generates bubbles 30x faster than on Earth.

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Your tears have the same salt level as the ocean

Human tears contain about 0.9% salt - nearly identical to seawater, like your body remembers where life began.

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87% of water and sanitation loan recipients are women

That's not a coincidence—it's recognition that women are the ones managing household water needs and they're the key to solving this crisis.