Meltdown

The decomposition process is four times faster in water.

Drowning in irony.

1985: Jerome Moody, 31 years old, died drowning at a pool party. The thing is, the party was organised by the lifeguards of New Orleans to celebrate their first season drowning-free. Four of them were on duty.

Watering it down.

There is a such thing as water overdose: drinking too much water in one go can dilute too much the nutrients in your body to the point that they can’t do their job anymore. The critical intake of water varies from person to person, but on average is around 6 litres.

So lung and thanks for all the fish.

Drowning involves suffocating while in water, and 90% of the drownings occur in freshwater. This happens because of osmosis: it’s easier to breathe freshwater and suffocate because the salt prevent the water from getting into the lungs. A person can die from breathing freshwater even hours after being in it.