Category: WTF
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Most Black Kids Can’t Swim. It’s Not Just A Stereotype, It’s History.
In 2014, the CDC found that an 11-year-old black child is 10 times more likely to drown than a white child the same age. The idea that “Black people can’t swim†may sound like a stereotype, but this disparity is rooted in a history of discriminatory access to swimming pools. This summer has produced three…
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Decapitated wolf head left in public swimming pool in Spain amid row over sheep killings
Police in northern Spain launched an investigation after a dead wolf’s head and tail were left in a public swimming pool in a protest by farmers over attacks by wolves on their livestock. The Guardia Civil’s wildlife protection unit is trying to find out who dumped the grisly remains at an open-air pool in the village of…
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Crocodile caught on camera using swim noodle to cross canal
A photo posted to Instagram earlier this month is creating a stir in Key Largo, Florida. Crock on a float #keylargo #rockemnreelem #floating #keyslife A post shared by Victor F Perez (@vfpkeys) on Aug 6, 2018 at 5:16pm PDT
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U.S. swimmers claim golds, then lose them for swimming relay out of order
The United States swimming foursome of Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Zach Apple and Nathan Adrian thought they had broken a record Saturday at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo. They had swam the men’s 400-meter freestyle relay in 3:11.67, the fastest-ever time at the quadrennial meet. They thought they had claimed golds, and celebrated accordingly. They stood atop the podium. They…
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And the world record for swimming along in a sack with hands & feet tied up goes to..
Swimming instructor, lifeguard and adventurer Yane Petkov – Bulgaria’s answer to Houdini and Michael Phelps combined – reclaimed on Tuesday the Guinness world record for swimming along with his hands and feet tied while fully wrapped inside a sack. Petkov, 64, swam 3,380 meters in Macedonia’s Lake Ohrid, beating the record of Indian fisherman Gopal Kharvi,…
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‘Nurse-in’ planned at Mora pool after moms asked to cover up while breastfeeding
Community members in Mora, Minn. are responding after two women were asked to cover up while breastfeeding at the Mora Aquatic Center. “For a woman to make a big deal about a woman feeding her child is beyond me, it’s crazy,†said Niki Roeschlein, who supports breastfeeding. The Kanabec County Sheriff says two women breastfeeding…
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Brave models swim in crocodile-infested waters for perfect shot
Photographer Ken Kiefer took several women to waters full of crocodiles in Mexico to participate in a life-threatening shoot. Kiefer was seeking to capture underwater glamour shots. Who said modeling couldn’t be dangerous?
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Taipei City closes pool after falling ceiling hits woman
Taipei City closed down a swimming pool at its Nangang Sports Center after part of the ceiling collapsed and hit a woman, reports said Saturday. At the time of the incident Saturday morning, two people were present in the spa area, the Central News Agency reported. Falling steel elements hit a woman aged about forty,…
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‘Racial profiling at its worst!’ Man demands black woman show ID at NC swimming pool
A woman says she was racially profiled by a man wanting her to provide identification to prove she belonged at a private community pool in North Carolina on the Fourth of July. Jasmine Edwards posted video of an exchange between herself, a man she refers to as Adam, and a couple of Winston-Salem police officers…