Did you know that…

…world-wide production of salt is about 250 million tons

…China and U.S.A. each yearly produce 50 million tons of salt

…European production of salt is about 70 million tons

…salt has about 14,000 applications

…In 1933 the Dalai Lama was buried sitting on a bed of salt

…salt was used to preserve Egyptian mummies

…Roman soldiers were partly paid in salt, today’s word salary

…“the salt of the earth“ means a good human being

…salt reserves in U.S.A. amount to some 55 trillion tons

…Salt Lake City refers to the present salt lakes

…recently large salt deposits were found on Mars

…human sweat contains 2.25 to 3.4 grams of salt per litre

…the salt content of oceans is between 3.2 und 4 percent 

…the salt content of the Dead Sea is about 24 percent