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Is 1 cubic kilometers as big as an Olympic Swimming Pool?

It's about 400,000 times as big as an Olympic Swimming Pool
The size of an Olympic Swimming Pool is about 0.00000250 cubic kilometers.
(FINA regulation; (minimum capacity)
According to the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), a swimming pool for Olympic and world championship events must measure 50 m by 25 m with a depth of at least 2 m for a total volume of 0.00000250 cubic kilometers. A pool of this size was to be used in Olympic time trials in New Jersey in early 2008, but its component pieces were stolen from a warehouse, likely to be sold for scrap metal.
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