Freediver Holds His Breath for 24 Minutes
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Budimir Šobat, a 60-year-old Serbian freediver, held his breath for nearly 24 minutes, longer than anyone in recorded history, by achieving a meditative state that slows his body systems to barely consume oxygen.
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