"Largest Swimming Pool in the World over a kilometer long (3,323 feet), covering 20 acres and containing 250,000 cubic meters of water - Andrew Baron from Bookmarklet

one big toilet for me to poop in - Noah David Simon

Does it have a bar you can swim up to? - Michael McGimpsey from twhirl

That's nutty. The ocean is *right there*. A little redundant (not to mention, the ocean still wins in size!). - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

ocean is cold. they should do this in Cananda. Anyone ever been to a Canadian beach? So beautiful.... and clean. but damn cold. heated outdoor pool is a great idea - Noah David Simon

I want to see how quickly Phelps can do a length! - Joe Dawson

Forget the bar, this pool is big enough for an outdoor mall. Shop while you swim. - LiquidLag from fftogo

Wow, how amazingly wasteful... - Elizabeth

Want ..to..be..there..now. - Charlie Anzman

You know how much pee you'd have to get to fill up that pool? lol - Jim Kukral from twhirl

@Jim According to Andrew, it would take 250,000 m^3 ;-) - Kirk Kittell

I kinda wish someone would just make a definitive page with all the world record things in Dubai. I have literally seen 4 Dubai-based links in FriendFeed today. - Phil G

We Americans look at Dubai the same way the rest of the world looked at us in the last century. - Chris Baskind

That's an apt assessment, Chris. I still get a kick out of watching public domain footage from the 1939 World's Fair, which I would guess captivated the postwar world. - Phil G

@Chris Baskind You mean as a destination I'll reach from the bowels of a steamship only to find myself living in a rat infested tenement, waking daily to peddle fruit from a horse cart? Hey, Dubai, here's my papers! - Christopher Harley

Dubai?? That swimming pool is in Chile. - Morton Fox

OMG, that is huge! - Ryan

I was going to say that was retarded....but, safe from sharks!! Right on! I'd hate to see the pool cleaner bill. lol. - dafire

it's pretty cool. you can view it on google maps - Cee Bee

Baskid and the rest of you tree huggers are missing the point. this is in a cold environment and it is heated - Noah David Simon