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Samuel Pepys' Secret Porn Purchase
- Samuel Pepys was the first recorded person buying pornographic material in England and recorded it in his secret diary.
- He bought the book in plain binding to hide it and promised to burn it after reading due to embarrassment.
Swimming Could Boil Pool Water
- Continuous swimming in a sealed Olympic pool theoretically could boil the water over many months.
- This ignores practical concerns like heat dissipation and human endurance, making it an idealized physics model.
Peeing Makes Pools Toxic Gas
- Urinating in chlorinated pools creates toxic cyanogen chloride, a chemical warfare agent.
- However, you would need millions of people peeing in one pool to reach fatal toxic levels.