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Vitomir Maričič broke the world record for longest breath holding today... 29:03 (nos.nl)

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The source is in Dutch,but it's a short form video. Nothing special. Any other sources I could find are in Croatian (which I can't read), like:

https://kanal-ri.hr/2025/06/vitomir-maricic-oborio-guinnessov-rekord-29-minuta-i-3-sekunde-bez-daha/

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This gives me "who can stare at the sun the longest" vibes.

Sure this might have some practical applications, but I wonder about the long term side effects

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

aside from harvesting stuff from the seafloor i can't think of any situation where holding your breath for more than 5 minutes is particularly helpful

but on the flipside being able to hold my breath for 5 minutes would be real neat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I mean, for spear fishing or doing literally anything under water it's very helpful. I have a friend who regularly spear fishes and it's very important that he can spend a long time at the ocean floor without moving so he can catch fish off guard.