Hello! And welcome back to the Curious Kid podcast.

Because I'm so curious, sometimes I have these random thoughts.

For example, I was in a swimming pool a few years back and I thought, why do we do this?

How did this start?

I mean, now it just seems so obvious. Swimming is

fun, and it's also really great exercise. But when did people just start swimming in water?

When did people start having swimming pools in their backyards? When the first person had the

idea to swim in water, was everybody else like, no?

Why would we do that? Why would I submerge my body in water for fun?

Have you ever had these thoughts? I can't be the only one.

Have you ever been in a pool with a bunch of people and thought, this is kind of weird?

Let's find out how this all got started.

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Hello, Jacob and Olivia. My son Nathan and our family enjoy listening to your podcast.

We live in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada.

Nathan swims competitively, and we often have long drives to and from his swim meets. In the car, we always listen to your podcast.

Our favorite ones were about Lego, board games, and keys and locks. Nathan is curious about

competitive swimming and how it became a sport. He

also loves learning about World War II, so that would also be a topic he'd love to listen

about as well. Thank you, and we look forward to more of your podcasts, Jamie, Nathan, Rob, and

Wesley. Hi, I just started listening to your podcast, and I am hooked.

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