How many glasses is 1 liter of water? The surprising answer
                                
                                
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                                A common health recommendation is to drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day, but since a liter is not a precise number of ounces, the question of how many glasses is 1 liter of water comes up frequently. The answer depends entirely on the size of the glass you are using, as there is no universal standard for what a 'glass' contains.