Muscle mass slowly shrinks with age, putting independence at risk. But in 1990, a study had nursing home residents aged 86 to 96 train their legs for eight weeks: their strength more than doubled. Muscle responds to training at any age. Getting up from a chair without using your hands is already an exercise.
Chlorine on its own is fairly gentle. But when it combines with urine, sweat and other grime from swimmers, it forms chloramines, which cause stinging eyes and that classic 'chlorine smell'. A well-kept pool barely smells at all. Shower before you swim and never pee in the water.
In 1975, researchers had divers learn word lists either on the beach or underwater. Words learned underwater were recalled better underwater, and vice versa: context acts as a cue for memory. To retrieve something, picture the place where you learned it. And study in different places to make your knowledge more flexible.