Salt concentration in the Dead Sea is nearly ten times higher than that of the regular ocean, making the water so dense that human beings naturally float on the surface.

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Salt concentration in the Dead Sea is nearly ten times higher than that of the regular ocean, making the water so dense that human beings naturally float on the surface. This extreme hyper-salinity means absolutely zero fish, plants, or macroscopic marine life can survive in the environment, hence the incredibly literal name. Wellness influencers flock to this desolate, lifeless salt soup to smear allegedly magical mud on their faces, completely ignoring the fact that any open cut or freshly shaved patch of skin will instantly burn with the fire of a thousand angry suns. You are basically paying thousands of dollars in airfare to essentially brine yourself like a holiday turkey in the lowest terrestrial elevation on the planet