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idinc:
Tquite interesting I cud go one reading a thousand of those facts.And to think that this thread has garnered such little comment,indeed pple pay more attention to...do I say useless things?

Hmmm

Nice..

[quote author=kingreign post=45283925][/quote]Lol...

114. If someone commits suicide in Japan by jumping onto an oncoming train, the train company can/will sue his/her family for cleanup fees, loss of income and negative publicity brought on by the suicide.

http://www.kickassfacts.com/25-kickass-and-interesting-facts-about-trains/

113. In 1869, Chinese and Irish laborers working on the Central Pacific Railway managed to lay down 10 miles of tracks in just one day. This accomplishment has not been matched even in modern times.

112. It is possible to travel from Portugal to Vietnam solely by train. At 17,000 km, this is the longest train journey in the world.

xager:
Explorers you're a blessing to nairaland! Ride on man.

Tx.

patrickmuf:
Any topic by explorers should be on the front page, dude has so much to offer via his threads...

Tnx.

Adesiji77:
I really need to learn swimming...

Well done Explorers

Tnx bros.

Wiz0isaac:
i used to think swimming was just as physics described it, it wasnt until i started swimming last year i knew itz more practical than theory... Bt wid dis i think am just an amatuer the longest i can hold by breath is one minute ten seconds . And d farthest i can go is 50m And dar z sumone out dar who can do dat for almst half an hour and swim miles... Meen am rushing to the pool sharp! Must to enter olympics standard dz year.

I held my breath for just 63seconds. Please the 50m you can go, is it down or what?

When she finally surfaced, there was no doctor on board the boat, it took them more than 30 minutes to get Audrey to the nearest hospital.
She was pronounced dead on arrival.

At 171 meters down, a problem developed with the lift balloon which failed to deploy. Her safety divers intervened, but her rate of ascend was far too slow. There were only two safety divers with her at the moment, if there were more divers, she may have survived.
A dive that should have been no more than 3 minutes resulted in her remaining under water for more than 8 minutes.

Audery Mestre was attempting to freedive 171 meters to break the world record with a single breath(without breathing gear). A former Marine Biology student, she had already reached 170 meters in practice earlier in the week.

Ximonak:
edited

Thanks bro.

SPDAZZY:
I love to swim but I cant . Who will teach me?

Well done explorers.

I will if you don't mind, let me know when you're ready.

27. Nemo 33, in Brussels, Belgium is the deepest indoor and second deepest pool in the world.
Nemo 33 is an indoor swimming pool facility in Brussels, Belgium. It held the record as the deepest indoor swimming pool in the world between its opening on May 1, 2004 and the completion of Y-40 in Montegrotto Terme, Padua, Italy on June 5, 2014. The pool's maximum depth is 34.5 metres (113 ft). It contains 2,500,000 litres of non-chlorinated, highly filtered spring water maintained at 30 °C (86 °F) by a solar heater and holds several simulated underwater caves at the 10 metres (33 ft) depth level. Due to the warm temperature in the pool, divers can dive for extended periods without a wet suit to protect them from hypothermia.

26. Diana Nyad swam from Cuba to Florida.Then 64-year-old Diana Nyad became the first person ever to swim the 103-mile from Cuba to Florida. Nyad had attempted the swim at least six times prior to her record-breaking swim.

Endurance-swimming grandmother Diana Nyad finally reached shore following her record-breaking journey of 103 miles from Cuba to the Florida Keys. The 64-year-old achieved her life-long dream after four failed attempts(1978, 2011, 2012) completing the grueling swim in 52 hours, 54 minutes and 18.6seconds, to tell her millions of fans: 'Never evergive up.' Looking dazed and sunburned, Ms Nyad walked on to the Key West shore on Monday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage. As she approached, spectators surrounded her in the shallow waters, taking pictures and cheering her on as she limped on to Smathers Beach.Once on the beach, she was put on a stretcher and received medical treatment, including an IV. Her lips were swollen.

*.President Obama tweeted: 'Congratulations to @DianaNyad. Never give up on your dreams'



source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2408478/Diana-Nyad-64-set-break-record-103-mile-swim-Cuba-Florida-shark-cage.html

25. The world’s youngest internationally competitive swimmer is only 10.

In 2015, at the age of 10, Alzain Tareq became the world’s youngest competitive swimmer in a World Championships. The Bahrainian girl competed against swimmers who were twice her age. She finished her 50-meter butterfly meet in 41.13 seconds.


https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/15-weird-swimmer-facts/?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C1934409015

surestakes:
I thought you already know how to swim.



Why you come dey give advice?

Oya, time and place?

Because no matter how perfect you are in anything, someone somewhere is better. We learn everyday.

The picture below, if you believe you can can swim, these girls are "Winch" in swimming. They call it synchronized.

24. On average 1850 swimmers will make it to the Olympic trials. Of those swimmers, nearly 50 of them will actually make the Olympic swim team.

23. Swimmers can flex their toes to the ground.

Foot and ankle flexion is important for swim performance, which means swimmers work hard on increasing the toe-point. Swimmers can sit down with their legs stretched out in front of them and point their toes all the way down to the ground.

surestakes:
I disagree with this. To float, all you need to be able to do is control your breath. If you doubt, let's meet up with one of your skinny friends and I will teach him/her to float.

Let me come for the lesson myself.

22. Freedivers can hold their breath for more than 10 minutes.

How long can you hold your breath? If you are like most people, you start to feel panicked at about 30 seconds. People in good health and with proper training can hang on for at least 2 minutes. Freedivers take the cake. A freediver can hold his/her breath for as long as 10 minutes. The world record for breath-holding is 22 minutes, which is currently held by Stig Severinsen.

21. Children can take swim lessons as early as 12 months.

18. More than 17% of swimmers pee in pools.

19. 85% of swimming pools are sanitized using chlorine.

20. More than 35% of people jumps in the pool without showering first.

7footre:
Try as much as I have to learn how to swim, the fear of drowning won't let me... I would love to learn it though

Driving is scary if you cant. But the moment you conquer your fear and start learning, you realise there's nothing in driving. If you really want to learn, you have to face the fear and start from a shallow pool.

17. Swimming is a good way to lose weight. This form of exercise will stimulate your entire body and could lead to an increase in metabolism over time. If you are trying to lose weight, swim for at least twenty minutes three or four times each week.

16. The Titanic was the first ocean liner to have a swimming pool and a gym.

ObiOkpor:
Me, swimming,water are enemies.
Explorer.catch you later in your next thread. Am outta here.

Lol.

15. Swim fins were invented by Benjamin Franklin.

14. Ancient drawings and paintings found in Egypt depicting people swimming date back to 2500 BCE.

3. The most popular freestyle stroke is the crawl, considered the fastest stroke.

4. The bikini swimsuit was named after a U.S. nuclear testing site in the South Pacific called Bikini Atoll.

5. 65% of people in the U.S. don’t know how to swim.

6. An hour of vigorous swimming will burn up to 650 calories. It burns off more calories than walking or biking.

7. Swimming strengthens the heart and lungs.

8. Swimming works out all of the body’s major muscles. Swimming helps reduce stress.

9. Most swimmers at the highest levels of competition train from four to five hours per day and five to seven days per week. They will typically swim about six to twelve miles per day along with weight training and flexibility training.

10. An Olympic size pool depending on its size (50 meters X 25 yards or meters) can hold from 700,000 to 850,000 gallons of water.

11. Florida is the only state with legislation on who can teach swimming. Life guards and swimming instructors must, by law, be certified.

12. As with any other type of exercise you need to stay hydrated while swimming and you need to drink water. Your core body temperature can rise as the activity increases. Your body also produces sweat as it does with other physical activity, but it is not as apparent since you arealready wet.

13. Swimming first became an Olympic event in 1896, but women were able to participate starting in 1912.


source: http://www.swimmingpool.com/games-safety/pool-fun/fun-facts