Thursday Website Pick: MichaelPhelpsFacts.com
Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:30PM - By Mike Payne

Beyond being the greatest Olympian of all time, there’s a lot you may not know about Michael Phelps. If you’d like to learn more about this 8 time gold medal winner, a handy website has been set up collecting facts about his life. MichaelPhelpsFacts.com is an information resource for all new and future fans of Michael Phelps. Here are a few of the facts that we thought were most interesting:
- Water drinks Michael Phelps.
- Aquaman wears Michael Phelps underwear.
- When Michael Phelps jumps into the pool, he isn’t making a splash; the water is just trying to get out of his way.
- When Michael Phelps swims with sharks it is the sharks that wear protective gear.
- If you Google “Who can challenge Michael Phelps” there will be negative results.
- Originally Steven Spielberg wanted Michael Phelps to play Jaws. Unfortunately they didn’t have a fast enough camera.
- Salmon learned to swim upstream from Michael Phelps.
- Michael Phelps can turn a grape into a raisin just by looking at it.
- Michael Phelps once did a cannon ball. Atlantis was never seen again.
- Michael Phelps found Nemo.
There’s a lot more, GearCravers. Head over to MichaelPhelpsFacts.com.
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