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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Tap water is rarely pumped from rivers. Most of the time it's pumped from groundwater.
What do you think a spring is
True, but the tap is usually connected to a sink and wastewater systems are usually connected to a river.
Probably not, what OP was thinking, but if you think about it that way, it's even more fitting. Tiny sidearms of rivers usually flow together to form the larger river. Plus, the water in many sewers doesn't even get pumped and simply flows by gravitational force, much like a river.
Plenty of water systems have surface intakes actually. But it's certainly not going straight from the water surface to your tap.
Unless you're on the Smith River in California, then you just need a filter!