Islamic clerics are no strangers to making unusual claims about everyday things. One believes it is haram for women and men to play PUBG together while another thinks it's un-Islamic to wear colored lenses. And don't get us started on the one who said Snapchat filters are forbidden in Islam. But there's one recent claim that really sits atop the bizarre cake of declarations ... and it didn't even come from a cleric, let alone a male.

It came from a woman, a senior child protection official in Indonesia, to be more specific. She reportedly claimed women could get pregnant from swimming in the same pool as men. And not just any men, but those with an "especially strong type of male sperm."

Her statement is actually one of the world's most popular myths about sex. (It's been debunked hundreds of times.) Even if her claim were true (it obviously is not), why would men even ejaculate sperm in water to begin with? And if they did, shouldn't they be fined and prosecuted for their actions instead of telling women to avoid swimming for that sole reason?

Sitti Hikmawatty, the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) official for health, narcotics and addictive substances, made the claims during an interview with local news site Tribun Jakarta last week.

