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TIL in 1980 an American man survived after his core body temperature reached a high of 115°F (46.1°C) due to heatstroke, whereas, in 1999 a Swedish woman survived after her core body temperature dropped to a low of 56.7°F (13.7°C) due to a skiing accident that trapped her under ice for 80 minutes.

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