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Not only trivia, but indeterminable trivia. An olympic-sized swimming pool has no maximum depth and therefore no maximum weight if filled with gold. I'd bet they're accepting /apply/* (type anything in and you get a log in screen with "really, it was that easy? only one way to find out")

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From the article:

    ... how much an Olympic-sized swimming pool of the minimum depth would weigh ...

It says minimum depth, not maximum, and I'd be very surprised if Olympic-sized swimming pools didn't have a minimum depth. They may have edited it since you read it, of course.

Thanks. I probably just missed it.

Here's the relevant info from FINA:

FR 2.3 Depth - A minimum depth of 1.35 metes, extending from 1.0 metre to at least 6.0 metres from the end wall is required for pools with starting blocks. A minimum depth of 1.0 metre is required elsewhere.

http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&...

They are asking for the minimum depth, which is 2.0m according to FINA.

And no! If you try to apply using a random URL, it will show a message saying that it is the wrong code.

They say 'minimum depth' and not maximum, and there are rules for a swimming pool to be considered "Olimpic Size". See the wikipedia entry for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic-size_swimming_pool

It says "of minimum depth."

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