Category: WTF
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California’s ban on bikes in swimming pools – and other strange laws on the books
In California, bicycles are not allowed in swimming pools. In Delaware, it’s illegal to consume perfume. These are among the bizarre and obscure laws that have made their way into America’s state and local legislation and that photographer Olivia Locher chose to document in her latest collection of photographs, “I Fought the Law.†Locher began…
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Jilted girlfriend of prominent US banker dumps his Mercedes into swimming pool
Break-ups are ugly. But not every tale of spurn love ends with a Mercedes sitting at the bottom of a swimming pool. Russian-born model Kristina Kuchma, who was dumped by prominent banker Guy Gentile, 41, did just that, driving her ex-lover’s car into the pool in his backyard, reported the New York Post. The couple…
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Rohingya attempt to swim across river to Bangladesh
More Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar streamed toward the border on Thursday and Friday, despite government assurances that it was stopping the massive exodus of refugees to Bangladesh. A video shows dozens of Rohingya attempting to swim across the currents of a muddy river in northern Rakhine state of Myanmar, from where it is…
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Perth free-diver Julia Wheeler swims through three tonnes of rubbish in Bali
A Perth free-diver has described the ‘real life nightmare’ of swimming into approximately three tonnes of rubbish floating in the ocean. Julia Wheeler, 31, was horrified upon encountering the mass of human waste products including plastic bags, bottles, wrappers and containers that were trapping and suffocating marine life. The competitive freediver, who can reach 50m depths…
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British man fined after becoming first person to swim across the Hoover Dam
A British man has become the first-ever person to complete the 660-foot swim across the Hoover Dam, albeit illegally. Arron Hughes, 28, was on a stag-do with a group of friends in Las Vegas and has been fined by police for swimming across the iconic stretch of water on the border of Arizona and Nevada.…
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Rescue swimmer recalls seeing 2 children in Tupperware container
First responders from across the country came to Houston to help rescue people from rising floodwaters, including a coast guard team from Massachusetts involved in one of the most dramatic stories from the storm. One rescue swimmer said he’ll never forget a woman giving him a Tupperware container. He thought it was luggage and told…
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Drunk woman bites man’s fishing line while swimming
A woman who was swimming while intoxicated in St. Augustine, Florida, allegedly bit a man’s fishing line Tuesday, reports local news station WJXT. The man who was fishing from the pier told deputies upon arrival that the woman swan up to his line, cursed, took the line in her mouth and swam away. According to the…
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Swiss hotel tells ‘Jewish guests’ to shower before swimming
A small hotel in the Swiss Alps is facing a barrage of criticism after it put up a sign asking “Jewish guests” to shower before swimming in the hotel pool. Israel described it as “an anti-Semitic act” of the worst kind. The Paradies apartment hotel in the eastern Alpine village of Arosa became the target…