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- Every cell of your body contains salt - an adult human body contains
about 250 grammes to maintain the normal volume of blood and digest
food
- Salt is used in manufacturing an estimated 14,000 products
- Salt was used to preserve Egyptian mummies
- In many cultures, salt plays a vital part in religious ritual, symbolising
purity
- Salt is a mineral that almost everyone in the world consumes
- Until relatively recently, salt bars were the standard currency of
Ethiopia
- In old Japanese theatres, salt was sprinkled on to the stage before
each performance to prevent evil spirits from casting a spell on the
actors
- In Arab countries, if you ate another man's salt, you could not harm
him in any way whilst in his home, and he would not harm you
- Salt is used to removed traces of water from aviation fuel after it
is purified
- The word “salary” comes from the Roman times, when soldiers
were given an allowance to buy salt
- In Ancient Egypt, slaves were traded for salt, hence the expression:
“not worth his salt”
- “Salt of the earth”, meaning a person of great goodness,
is one of over 30 phrases involving salt used in the bible
- If we are sceptical about a fact, we might “take it with a pinch
of salt”
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