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Until 2008, the swimming pool at the Senate was men-only, a fact that Senator Kay Hagan learned when she tried to go for a dip there shortly after moving to Washington. Why was the facility closed off to women for so long? According to Politico, it’s because some male senators preferred to swim naked. Enjoy that mental image!
