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TIL Devils Hole is a window into a vast aquifer and an unusual indicator of seismic activity around the world. The pool reacts to large quakes far away. Quakes in Mexico, Japan, Indonesia and Chile have caused water to ‘slosh’ around like water in a bathtub (up to two meter waves)

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 8:31 am

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TIL That the skeletons in the pool scene in Poltergeist were real human skeletons.

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 12:44 am

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I was asked if I’d like to make a donation to help the local swimming pool

by cringeyjokesman August 9, 2022, 3:26 am

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Do all girls know about this? First pool jet experience… Pool jets feel good!

by CopyPastaArchive July 26, 2022, 1:18 pm

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TIL there’s a species of fish (the Devils Hole pupfish) whose entire native range is a portion of a single underground pool in Death Valley.

by whatilearned July 23, 2022, 3:35 am

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What does not belong in a swimming pool?

by QuestionGuy July 22, 2022, 1:52 pm

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TIL Rodney King died in 2012. He was found underwater at the bottom of his swimming pool. He died 28 years to the day after his father, Ronald King, was found dead in his bathtub in 1984.

by whatilearned July 19, 2022, 5:23 pm

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TIL about “Lost Boys” in polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cultures. Since boys and girls are born in approximately equal numbers, the pool of available women is not sufficient for all men to have multiple wives. As such, young boys are banished to reduce competition.

by whatilearned July 14, 2022, 4:25 pm

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I got caught peeing in a pool today.

by cringeyjokesman July 12, 2022, 1:45 pm

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TIL that the deepest swimming pool in the world has a depth of 60 m (200 ft) and holds 14 million liters (3.7 million gallons) of water, about as much as 6 Olympic-sized swimming pools. It is called Deep Dive Dubai.

by whatilearned July 11, 2022, 1:43 am

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TIL that in 1969, when black Americans were still prevented from swimming in pools with white people, Fred Rogers invited a black character played by François Clemmons to join him cooling his feet in a pool on an episode of his show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, which broke a well-known color barrier

by whatilearned July 2, 2022, 2:55 pm

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TIL that in 1969, when black Americans were still prevented from swimming in pools with white people, Fred Rogers invited a black character played by François Clemmons to join him cooling his feet in a pool on an episode of his show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, which broke a well-known color barrier

by whatilearned July 2, 2022, 2:55 pm

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