A father and his five-year-old son were turned away from their local swimming pool because they were the wrong religion.

David Toube, 39, and his son Harry were told that the Sunday morning session was reserved for Muslim men only. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Nemo 33 is a recreational diving center in Brussels, Belgium that is home to the world's deepest swimming pool. The pool itself consists of a submerged structure with flat platforms at various depth levels. The pool has two large flat-bottomed areas at depth levels of 5m (16 ft) and 10m (32 ft), and a large circular pit descending to a depth of 33m (108 ft). picked by Boomshank 3 years ago

yeah. you read it right. Not much more to add. Woman is prohibited from taking a picture of a pool where children sometime swim because she might be achieving some sort of psychic sexual gratification from the imprint of the souls of all those children that have or will swim there. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

Swimmers at an outdoor pool have been warned it might have to be closed if it gets too wet.

Health and safety rules have been introduced at the London Fields Lido in Hackney, north London, for the protection of the pool's users. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

14 year old Nathan Clarke dropped his goggles in a Thai swimming pool and opened up a grill covering a suction pump to retrieve them. Sucked into the pump mechanism, Nathan drowned at some point in the half hour that followed before the pump house was checked by staff. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

A woman forced an 83-year-old housemate to smoke crack cocaine so she could steal personal information to get a credit card in her name and run up more than $3,000 in charges. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Devil’s Pool is a natural rock pool at the very top of the Victoria Falls, at Zimbabwe, with a height of about 100 metres, where you can swim safely and take pictures. picked by wildminou 2 years ago

It's certainly not the first place you think of when you want to go diving. In fact, it may be the last. picked by tlovesd 3 years ago

Residents with pools have woken up to find youngsters having a dip or have even come back from work to find their pool full of beer cans, police have said. picked by punthe 1 year ago

Have you ever worried about the Secret Tracer Chemical in swimming pools - the one that turns bright red when you pee in the pool? Well guess what apparently its not true. picked by teaya21 3 years ago

The female reef shark, one of various exotic creatures in the popular Mayan Temple aquarium at the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas, tumbled down the slide – known as the Leap of Faith – after vaulting the one foot high and 18 in wide barrier around its pool. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

2 yr. old Caleb Glover, who was born with AIDS, was barred from entering a public pool by some folks who need more up-to-date health education. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

Burglary at a whole new level…. picked by lostsoul135 2 years ago

Abigail was injured when she sat on a pool drain and was disemboweled by its powerful suction last June.

Follow-up to this post. picked by cb__ 2 years ago

Police were especially disturbed by the child's understanding of crack cocaine. They said he seemed so accustomed to the highly addictive drug that he thought there was nothing wrong with bringing it to school. picked by suebe 3 years ago

A New York toddler still in nappies has a growing reputation as a pool shark with a mean bank shot - even though he has to stand on a chair to reach the table.

Two-year-old Keith O'Dell Jr has pool shooting videos posted on YouTube, has his own website (www.poolprodigy.com) and is the youngest member of the American Pool Association. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

It's not just the temperature of the water that matters, but what you can see as you lounge by the pool, as these 10 vistas show. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

Police looking for drug activity in a residential area on Father's Day saw something they weren't expecting: a fire crew hooking their hose into a hydrant and filling a private swimming pool with water. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

In a survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted in April and May, 17 percent admitted relieving themselves in a swimming pool. Even the Olympics' most decorated swimmer, Michael Phelps, confessed to urinating in the water. picked by kakana 5 months ago

The man who made $7 billion in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, Jeffry Picower, was found dead in his Palm Beach, Fla., swimming pool Sunday. picked by equinox 1 month ago