• The Dead Sea is actually a saltwater lake and not a sea at all!
• It is located between Jordan and Israel- the northern half belongs to Jordan and the southern half to Israel.
• The river Jordan flows from the north into the Dead Sea
• The Dead Sea shores are the lowest dry point on earth at 400 meters below sea level
• The Dead Sea has been associated Biblically as far back as Abraham
• The Dead Sea is also known as The Salt Sea, The Eastern Sea, The Sea of Arabah and the Sea of Lot.
• The Dead Sea products are known world-wide for their natural healing properties especially for those suffering from skin problems
• One suggestion for the name of the Dead Sea is due to the fact that is accepts water (from the Jordan River) but doesn’t give out water. Something/ someone that only takes and doesn’t give is essentially dead.
• All of the minerals that are found in the Dead Sea occur naturally in human bodies
• Aristotle wrote about the Dead Sea in his writings
• The road that runs along the shores of the Dead Sea, Road 90, is unsurprisingly also the world’s lowest road at 393 meters below sea level
• The salt found in the Dead Sea is much saltier than regular table salt
• Less than ten cm of rain falls annually in the Dead Sea region
• The Dead Sea is also the deepest hyper saline lake in the world- it is eight times saltier than the ocean
• There is no marine life in the Dead Sea due to the extreme saltiness that it makes it impossible for fish or plants to survive
• Due to the high salt content of the water, it makes humans buoyant meaning one can float effortlessly on the surface of the water
• Egyptians used mud from the Dead Sea as part of the mummification process of their deceased
• In the Bible it is written that one day the Dead Sea will one day come alive again and be filled with marine life
• Each Spring and Autumn some half a billion migratory birds fly over the Great Rift Valley (the Dead Sea is located at the deepest point in the Great Rift Valley).
• The name of the peninsula that can be found at the southern side of the Dead Sea is called Al-Lisan which is Arabic for tongue.

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