From Ancient Usage To Bulk Road Salt Suppliers There are many interesting facts about salt. For example, in Abyssinia for centuries salt was a bargaining chip and base currency. Salar de Uyuni, the largest dry salt lake in the world in size from 4,000 square miles in Bolivia becomes a mirror when there is a thin layer of water on its surface. This reflectivity makes it a very useful tool for the calibration of scientific equipment from space. Salt is so important for the human body that if you drink a very large amount of water, it will wash the salt and can be obtained lethal hypernatremia. The use of too much salt can even be deadly. To reach fatal sufficient intake of 1 g of salt per 1 kilogram. Often it this way was used for ritual suicide in China, especially among the elite, as the salt in those days was very expensive. Sea salt with high quality contains large amounts of essential minerals for the body. The best sea salt should be slightly moist. In the middle Ages salt it was so expensive that even called it white gold. In Gerand, France salt is collected in the manner in which this was done by the ancient Celts who used wicker baskets in which straining seawater. There is a very common misconception that Roman soldiers received their pay in salt, here comes the English word for payment - Salary. This is not true, the soldiers were paid with ordinary money. The relationship with the salt may have occurred because the soldiers covered with salt roads that led to Rome.
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