1. THE OLDEST KNOWN SWIMMING POOL IS IN PAKISTAN

_{“The Great Bath” is located in the ruins of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. This pool is estimated to date back to the 3rd millennium BC.}

2. THE FIRST OCEAN LINER TO HAVE A SWIMMING POOL

_{The RMS Adriatic was the first ocean liner to have a swimming pool and Turkish bath on board. She was built by Harland and Wolff (the same men who built the Titanic) The ship first launched on September 20th 1906.}

3. SWIMMING BURNS MORE CALORIES THEN MOST OTHER FORMS OF EXERCISE

_{If you swim steady, you can burn up to 850 calories per hour in the swimming pool. Swimming works out your entire body, head to toe. It increases your heart rate without stressing your body, strengthens your lungs, tones muscles, builds strength, and builds endurance.}

4. MORE THEN HALF OF AMERICANS CAN’T SWIM

_{More then 56% of Americans can’t swim or don’t have the basic swimming skills needed to swim.}

5. THAT STRONG BLEACHY SMELL IS NOT CHLORINE

_{The smell is actually “chloramines”. This is caused by the chlorine reacting to something in your pool such as urine, fecal matter, sweat, dirt, deodorant, skin, oils, and many other components. If a pool is perfectly cleaned, then you shouldn’t really smell chlorine at all.}

6. THE MOST EXPENSIVE SWIMMING POOL IN THE WOLRD IS IN EGYPT

_{This luxurious pool is worth 5.5 billion dollars!! “City Of Stars Sharm el Sheikh” pool occupies an area of 21 acres, has 12 lagoons, and is large enough to sail a yacht in.}

8. THE WORLDS DEEPEST SWIMMING POOL IS IN DUBAI

_{Located in Dubai’s Nad Al Sheba neighborhood, this underwater city has a depth of 196 feet and holds 14 million liters of fresh water (that’s the volume of 6 Olympic-sized swimming pools) The water temperature is maintained to 86 degrees, and has 56 cameras installed within it to ensure the safety of divers.}

10. SALT WATER POOLS STILL USE CHLORINE

_{Though chlorine is not added to salt water swimming pools in a tablet, granular, or even liquid form, it is made through the pool’s salt cell. This process is called electrolysis. Salt cells transform sodium chloride (table salt) into chlorine by splitting the salt molecules.}

11. CHLROINE IS IN PHARMACEUTICALS

_{Chorine is used in the manufacturing of various drugs. Around 85 percent of pharmaceutical drugs use chorine or chlorinated compounds during drug manufacture.}

12. A SWIMMING POOL CAN POP OUT OF THE GROUND

_{A hydrostatic valve in the deep end of your pool prevents ground water pressure from literally raising and or causing movements to the pool’s shell. The hydro-valve allows ground water to flow into the pool, reliving any pressure from below. This process usually happens when the pool is empty and does not have the necessary weight to counteract the effects of the ground water pressure.}