David Blaine breaks world record for holding

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  Thursday, May 1st, 2008 at 7:31:15 PM #2953
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CHICAGO — David Blaine set a new world record Wednesday for breath-holding, 17 minutes and 4 seconds.

The feat was broadcast live during The Oprah Winfrey Show and the studio audience cheered as divers pulled the 35-year-old magician from a water-filled sphere.

Blaine looked relaxed afterward and said the record was "a lifelong dream."

The previous record was 16 minutes and 32 seconds, set Feb. 10 by Switzerland's Peter Colat, according to Guinness World Records.

Before he entered the sphere, Blaine inhaled pure oxygen through a mask to saturate his blood with oxygen and flush out carbon dioxide.

Guinness says up to 30 minutes of so-called "oxygen hyperventilation" is allowed under its guidelines.

Previously, Blaine was buried alive for a week in a see-through coffin in New York and spent more than a month suspended from a glass box by the River Thames in London.

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  Thursday, May 1st, 2008 at 9:51:27 PM #2989
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How the fuck is this even possible?

Lifelong dream? Who the hell wakes up one morning and decides they wanna hold their breath for 20 minutes?
  Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 at 8:06:10 AM #3037
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^Lmfao, great questions. He's obviously not a smoker.

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  Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 at 3:02:24 PM #3048
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^Obviously, haha.

And besides, I agree with BBH. Why the hell would anyone even want to do that?
  Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 at 4:37:37 PM #3136
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Quote:
He's obviously not a smoker.


You'd be surprised. My ex chain smokes and can outrun guys half his age in the army
  Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 at 4:51:42 PM #3137
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I thought we already established your ex is a fucktard
  Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 at 8:15:44 PM #3189
DarkestAngel
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No this is a different ex. This ex is drop dead gorgeous but flakier than Tony the Tiger
  Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 at 4:32:54 PM #3215
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Extra Frosted Flakes? With sugar on top?



Oh boy