bottled water
It seems obvious, but “when does water stop being water?” can be a tricky question to answer.
It’s safe to say Evian is the most popular brand of bottled water one the market today. It’s also well known that the water is said to come from various collection points of a spring around Évian-les-Bains (Evian for short).
However, the metaphysical question of the day is, do people in Evian drink Evian? Rumor has it that all through the town, the water is readily available for free, and no one ever buys it. RocketNews went in to answer this and deeper questions.
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