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Pfft!

Public swimming pools.

They're how we drink pee from strangers.

But chances are you've never been to a public swimming pool.

Which is too bad because America used to beat full of them.

But guess what came along and took them all away?

That's right.

Racism!

See, after World War I, public swimming pools became a very popular.

Cities across the country started building them.

And these weren't just any pools.

They had sand, grassy lawns.

Some were even bigger than football fields and could hold 10,000 people.

Which I guess was supposed to be like a giant pool party.

But that many people sharing the water just sound nasty.

What's up y'all?

This is DJI Colour.

But back in the 1930s, people loved it.

Going to the pool was as popular as going to the movies.

Which isn't saying much because movies back then sucked.

Every movie was about a man struggle to grow a full mustache.

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