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From the plastic pools of childhood to watching Olympic swimmers freestyle down the lap lanes, swimming pools are just as fun as they are functional! Today we learn all about their history from luxury to fun but we promise not to splash you.

Article URLs:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/are-public-pools-americas-last-great-communal-spaces https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169531195/swimming-pools-rich-water-shortages

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/a-history-of-womens-swimwear/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/trendy-libraries-of-things-let-you-borrow-all-kinds-of-stuff-rather-than-buying-it/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-temperate-planet-that-could-support-human-life-discovered-in-pisces-constellation-by-uk-scientists/