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Generally when a person jumps into water in any water body, he is expected to sink. But he tends to float in the Dead Sea. How do you account for this?

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Dead sea consists of large quantity of dissolved salts to the extent of saturation. Density of human body is less than the water present in dead sea. Therefore human body floats.
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