If water did not absorb then the makeup of the human body would be very different. Humans would be too heavy to walk. The world would be different, coffee might not be important.
Yes.. but milk is a different liquid than water. You could use tomato juice -long as it is not water. Pure water just will not work when 11th November is a Saturday.
The three lightest alcohols in their pure forms. Methanol, ethanol and propanol. Only ethanol is drinkable, though. Acetone might also work, but it is undrinkable.
This post was edited by Element 99 at November 11, 2017 8:13 AM MST