SCUBA, as in scuba diving, is actually an acronym for Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.

I love going self-contained underwater breathing apparatus diving so I can look at all the fish.

The bikini was invented in 1946.  I don’t really understand how it was “invented” in 1946.  Could no one honestly figure this one out on their own?  Anyway, the “inventor” named the swimsuit after Bikini Atoll, the site of nuclear weapon tests earlier the same year.  I was at the beach this weekend.  As great as bikinis can be, there really is a fine line between a swimsuit and a weapon of mass destruction.

The first Olympics were the 1896 Summer Games in Athens, Greece.  The event was organized by Pierre de Coubertin, a French aristocrat and historian. I found this interesting and hilarious:  Hungarian Alfred Hajos was the first Olympic champion in swimming, AND he later became the first of two Olympians to win a medal in both athletic and artistic competition.  Yes, Hajos won the silver medal in architecture in 1924.  I kid you not.  Between 1912 and 1948, there were sport-inspired art competitions in five categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture.   Luckily the art contests were abandoned before the Olympics were widely televised because we wouldn’t have TiVo to fast-forward through 75 hours of a guy writing a book.