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TIL the world record for longest breath held underwater is 24 minutes 37 seconds by Budimir Šobat from Croatia. The average person can achieve about 2 minutes - afterwards less and less oxygenated blood reaches our brain which at around 6 minutes forces a blackout to trigger automatic breathing.

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n0Ar TIL that in 1997 Morgan Freeman offered to cover the cost of prom for a Mississippi school that held two racially segregated proms every year, provided that the one Freeman would be covering would just be one racially integrated prom. This offer was refused until 2008.
JYLpj TIL the title of the novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea" does not refer to a depth. It refers to the distance covered by the Nautilus in immersion during its voyage. 20k leagues is around 80 000 km. The correct translation of the title is "... under the seas" making the distinction clearer
gMVpW TIL That spray/aerosol cans don't always have metal ball bearings in them, they can also be marbles and are known as 'peas'
y7Bp TIL that Robert Smith, frontman of the band The Cure, famous for singing songs about love, heartbreak and breakups, has been with the same woman since they were 14 years old
OGJ94 TIL that African elephants have been known to bury or assist humans who are dead, sleeping, or injured. A woman once fell asleep under a tree and woke up to find an elephant gently touching her. As more elephants arrived, they covered her with branches. The next morning, she was found unharmed.