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How much clean water do you think you drink? 783 million people have the same answer.

So you drink water when you’re thirsty, or because you know you’re supposed to. Operation hydration! It’s such a basic part of life, it’s easy to forget that it’s actually not so basic for everyone out there. And that’s a huge problem.

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Morgan Shoaff

FACT CHECK TIME! The claim that 4,500 children die each day from water-related disease is apparently almost a decade old, and organizations are now saying 1,400 to 2,200. Still, way too many.

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