Most Interesting World Facts You'll Ever Hear๐๐||Part 4|| 4. The oceans contain almost 200,000 different viruses. -You might not want to consider the fact that the supposedly clean water is home to nearly 200,000 different types of viruses the next time you feel like going for a swim in the huge blue ocean. While it may appear frightening, Matthew Sullivan, an Ohio State University microbiologist, told CNN, "Having that road map [of what viruses exist] helps us do a lot of the things we'd be interested in to better understand the ocean and, I hate to say it, maybe to have to engineer the ocean at some point to combat climate change." Image source: Shutterstock
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