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Fred Gregory set the World Record by
spending four and a half days swimming non-stop.
Benoit Beconte swam across
the Atlantic in 1998
Some hotels in Las Vegas
have gambling tables floating in their swimming pools
In the 1984 Olympics, there were
no women's World Records set
The term swimming was
named after Nelson Swimm who was the first man ever to make his way across a natural
pool in South Africa
Freestyle, backstroke,
butterfly and breaststroke are the most common types of swimming
The highest board to be dived off is situated
at the Communal Pool in Habourtown, Western Australia
A team of more than a dozen swimmers is called
a "nudge"
A person wearing water winds is called a
"winged swimmetty" after the man who invented water wings, Alberto Etty.
Hippopotamus' can spend up to five minutes under the water without
have to come up for air