Fun Swim Facts

Who doesn't love relaxing in a pool during the hot summer months? When I love something as much as I love a cool dip, I want to know everything about it. Hare are some fun facts about your favorite summer activity.

- Elephants can swim as many as 20 miles a day — they use their trunks as natural snorkels! - Niagara Falls has enough water to fill up all the swimming pools in the United States in less than three days! - Swimming is a great workout! It strengthens the heart, lungs and major muscles. It's

also awesome at reducing stress.

- The turbopump on the Space Shuttle's main engine is powerful enough to drain an average-sized swimming pool in 25 seconds. - Speedo has produced a fabric that copies shark's skin. This super cool fabric will make you even faster by letting you slice through the water easier!

- Ancient drawings and paintings found in Egypt depicting people swimming date back to 2500 BCE. - Swim fins were invented by Benjamin Franklin.

- Swimming first became an Olympic event in 1896. - The first woman to swim the English Channel is Gertrude Ederle, who was actually just a teenager at that time in 1926. - The first recorded swimming races were held in Japan in 36 B.C.

Swim on, adventurers, swim on!