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1.Is able to swim faster than competitive speed walkers.
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Aquaman can swim 150 miles per hour (or 10,000 by some sources). Phelps has a top speed of just 4.7 miles per hour, which is merely a brisk walking pace.
2.Lost advertising revenue after appearing in media with drug paraphernalia.
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A British tabloid in 2009 posted a photo of Phelps using a bong. Advertisers have never criticized Aquaman for any alleged drug use... yet.
3.Known to use the "dolphin kick" up to a range of 15 metres.
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This is a competitive swim technique where someone swims under the water to reduce surface drag. Aquaman doesn't seem to do the dolphin kick.
4.Has famously swum with computer-generated sharks.
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For Shark Week, Phelps competed in a race against a CGI shark. Aquaman, of course, appeared in a movie with many CGI sharks.
5.Named People Magazine's sexiest man of the year
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Neither Phelps nor anyone who has played Aquaman has won the award. Jason Momoa was robbed in 2019.
6.Has an abnormally long wingspan, proportionally longer than a typical... human... wingspan.
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Phelps's wingspan is about 6'7" and he's only 6'4". It's unusual for people to have a wingspan longer than their height. Aquaman's wingspan appears typical in most depictions.
7.Enjoyed viewership in the tens of millions.
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Michael Phelps's greatest viewership for a single race was 32 million. At over $1 billion in revenue, Aquaman surely has accrued tens of millions of views.
8.Taught an octopus how to milk a cow and took a bath in the milk.
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Aquaman managed this feat in the comics. I have found no evidence of Phelps trying to help an octopus milk a cow.
9.Is technically royalty.
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Aquaman is the king of Atlantis. Phelps is from Baltimore.
10.Found the Trident of Atlan, a sacred Atlantean relic who grants kingship to whomever possesses it.
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Aquaman obtained this relic in his blockbuster movie. Phelps has failed to find any Atlantean relics; not everyone can be successful.
11.Is American.
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Aquaman is from Atlantis. Phelps is from Baltimore.
12.Started in 1985.
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Phelps was born in 1985. Aquaman made his first appearance in 1941.
13.Attended Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding.
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Phelps did not attend the wedding. There is no evidence that the royal pair would invite a B-list scrub superhero to their wedding.
14.Is able to telepathically communicate with sea life.
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There is no convincing evidence that Phelps can actually communicate with fish.
15.Is significantly more successful than anyone else in their realm.
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Phelps has 56% more Olympic medals than the runner-up. Wow. Aquaman is probably only 5% the superhero that Superman is, but Superman typically stays out of the ocean because it's not his realm.
16.Had an elaborate marriage ceremony with a fish bride.
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Aquaman has only ever married Mera, who is an Atlantean, not a fish. Phelps has never married a fish.
17.Suffers a susceptibility to dehydration when in arid or desert environments.
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One of Aquaman's weaknesses is that he's at danger of dehydration when in the desert... much like all humans.
18.His name was dropped in the #1 hit song "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies.
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"You'll think you're looking at Aquaman; I summon fish to the dish, though I like the Chalet Swiss..."
19.Married one "Miss California".
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Aquaman has only ever married Mera whereas Phelps married a woman who won the Miss California pageant.
20.His name appears in Barack Obama's book, "A Promised Land".
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In response to being criticized about his response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Obama claimed to have said, "What does he think I'm supposed to do? Put on my f------g Aquaman gear and swim down there myself with a wrench?"