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Increasing the salinity of fresh water makes the water denser. The denser the water the less deeply an object will sink into the water. The very saltiness of the Dead Sea, means that people can float on the surface without effort.

A ship, after displacing its weight, will float higher on the ocean, than it would if sailing on fresh water.

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