10 gross pool facts that might scare you off swimming

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Pools are fun right? Wrong.

While they're advertised as a safe, family-friendly place to spend your lazy Sundays at, pools are actually a murky swamp of bacteria and misery. (But still super fun!) CDC studies have found that your number one pool destination might actually be full of number two -- and that's not even the worst of it.

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Before you jump into a public pool this summer, educate yourself and find out why they're secretly an abbreviation for cesspool.

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