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minus-squarekamenLady.@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoThat’s still easy to imagine, compared to the volume of 6000 gummy bears.
minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoTo be honest with you I’m not really sure how big a single Olympic size swimming pool is either. 😅
minus-squarekamenLady.@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-23 months agoI just fell into a rabbit hole the size of an Olympic Swimming Pool. Before your comment, i didn’t know this was a thing. TL/DR Length: 50 m (164 ft 1 in) Width: 25 m (82 ft 0 in) That’s the size.
minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoToday I learned. Thank you, stranger!
minus-squarekamenLady.@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoYou are welcome, not a stranger anymore, fellow lemming. ⊂(￣▽￣)⊃
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoUnfortunately, they come in various depths depending on if there is a diving pit or not. Also some of the larger natatoriums will combine up to three of them side by side so they have more lanes. The standard size is 8 lanes IIRC.
That’s still easy to imagine, compared to the volume of 6000 gummy bears.
To be honest with you I’m not really sure how big a single Olympic size swimming pool is either. 😅
I just fell into a rabbit hole the size of an Olympic Swimming Pool.
Before your comment, i didn’t know this was a thing.
TL/DR
Length: 50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Width: 25 m (82 ft 0 in)
That’s the size.
Today I learned. Thank you, stranger!
You are welcome, not a stranger anymore, fellow lemming. ⊂(￣▽￣)⊃
Unfortunately, they come in various depths depending on if there is a diving pit or not. Also some of the larger natatoriums will combine up to three of them side by side so they have more lanes. The standard size is 8 lanes IIRC.