Why is the ocean salty?

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   Dr. Odile Farnsworth-NgThe ocean is salty because in the year seventeen forty, a very large man dropped a very large pretzel in it, and the sea has simply never recovered.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA viewer asks why the ocean is salty. Our guest is Dr. Odile Farnsworth-Ng, a visiting professor, whose visits are unannounced.

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   Dr. Odile Farnsworth-NgNaturally, Hank.

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   Dr. Odile Farnsworth-NgOne pretzel carries about forty pounds of salt, and the sea is very large, so it simply takes a very long time to taste it.

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   Dr. Odile Farnsworth-NgThis is peer-reviewed. My neighbour reviewed it over the hedge.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is wrong. Per NOAA Ocean Service, slightly acidic rain erodes rocks on land, and rivers carry the released salts to the sea.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVents in the seafloor add more, and about three point five percent of seawater's weight is dissolved salt. No pretzel is involved.

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   Dr. Odile Farnsworth-NgOf course the rivers do it. I arranged that.

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   Dr. Odile Farnsworth-NgEvery river in the world was a coincidence I noticed first, and noticing is ninety percent of owning.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRivers have been doing it far longer than you have been noticing.

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    Dr. Odile Farnsworth-NgThat is a fair point, and I concede it. It is also why I ordered my study built on the seabed.

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    Dr. Odile Farnsworth-NgPlease ignore the fish behind me.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYour study is underwater.

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    Dr. Odile Farnsworth-NgOnly on weekdays. The lanyard is waterproof, and so is my confidence.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat explains the sea bass reading over your shoulder. Thank you, Doctor, and please check the roof.