“Covidiots” Celebrate Quarantine End by Jumping in Lake “as Toxic as Household Bleach”
Hundreds of people, including families with children, were branded “covidiots” after being spotted breaking social distancing rules on the shores of a toxic lake formed on the site of an old chalk quarry, and even jumping in the dangerous water. The old quarry at Chinnor, in Oxfordshire, has become known as the “Chinnor Riviera” or […]
German Man Swims to Work Every Day to Avoid Heavy Traffic
Most commuters in Munich, Germany, spend hours stuck in traffic or trying to squeeze into one of the overcrowded subway trains, every morning, but for 40-year-old Benjamin David, commuting is actually a relaxing experience. Every day, he jumps into the Isar River and swims two kilometers to his workplace in Kulturstrand. Benjamin David used to […]
Woman Drunk on Chinese Vodka Goes Swimming in a River, Wakes Up 75 Kilometers Downstream
When 57-year-old Shen Ailan got drunk on two whole bottles of baijiu – a type of Chinese vodka – she decided that a dip in the river was just what she needed to ‘clear her head’. So she dived into the waters of the Yangtze River at Huangshi city, Hubei Province, and passed out soon […]
Meet Martin Strel, the Extraordinary Man Who Swims the Entire Length of Rivers
“Daredevil”, “human fish”, “the hero in a speedo” or “the craziest man in the world” – however you’d like to call him, he is the greatest endurance swimmer in the world! Meet the man who swims entire rivers, Martin Strel. The now 58-year-old Slovenian Martin Strel has broken the Guinness World Record for long distance […]
Man Swims over 2 Kilometers All Tied Up in a Bag
Jane Petkov, a 59-year-old Bulgarian man, tried to set a new Guinness record by swimming across a lake while wrapped in a bag with his arms and legs tied up. Known as “amphibian man” in his native country, Petkov says he relies on concentration and a special breathing technique to pull off the amazing feat. […]
China’s Dead Sea – Probably the World’s Most Crowded Swimming Pool
If you think your local swimming pool becomes unbearably crowded on hot summer days, just check out these photos of the so-called Dead Sea, a salt-water swimming pool in China’s Daying County where thousands of people gather every weekend to escape the heat. Inspired by the real Dead Sea in the Middle East, the Chinese resort […]