Category: Fun
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Can you swim as fast in syrup as in water ?
“Can you swim as fast in 12,000 gallons of syrup as you can in water? Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage swim for science.” See also The Physics of Swimming in Syrup
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Germany: Swimmers brave freezing waters for Europe’s biggest winter swim
“Thousands took part in Europe’s largest organised winter swim as part of annual Karneval celebrations in Bavaria on Saturday.”
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Grandview swimmers take the ‘Plunge’ for Special Olympics
See kshb.com More than 1,100 swimmers took to the freezing waters of Longview Lake on Friday all for a good cause. It’s part of the “Polar Plunge,†a 21-hour fundraising event for the Special Olympics. “It’s one of those things, as soon as you hit the water, its pins and needles,†described swimmer Mike Day.…
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2014 Christmas Swims in Russia, Saratov, Volga river
christening ice swimming Saratov 2014 from Dmitry Kedrov on Vimeo.
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Dolphins swim with surfers at the 2014 Rincon Classic
See wptv.com A pod of dolphins stole the show Sunday at a surfing competition in Ventura County, California. Spectators cheered as the dolphins rode the waves along with surfers at the 2014 Rincon Classic. Even surfers stopped to watch as about a dozen mammals cut through the waves. See also kvue.com
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Boardman swim team continues hair dying tradition
See WKBN Boardman’s boys’ swim team continues with a decade old tradition on Sunday afternoon, dying each other’s hair bleach blonde. The team is preparing for the Sectional tournament that takes place on February 6th at the University of Akron. Fifteen swimmers from the boys team went to Beautiful Creations hair and nail salon in…
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Russians celebrate Epiphany taking ice-cold midnight dip to wash away sins
Read for instance RT It may be the middle of a freezing winter here in Russia but that’s not stopping the determined from taking a dip. A midnight immersion in water on the 18/19 January is the traditional way to celebrate the Orthodox holiday of Epiphany. The date is considered holy by Christians, because on…
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Peruvian artist creates paintings underwater
See The Telegraph Wearing scuba diving gear, Pascual Mimbela dives into the Pacific waters of Talara province with his brushes, spatulas, oils and canvases. Mimbela paints the colourful fish he sees glide by, as well as the reefs and other aquatic sea life. Mimbela said he became fascinated with the sea when he was a…
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What happens when you drop 2 pounds of dry ice into hot water
Courtesy of Crazy Russian Hacker and his American sidekick