In this extremely individual talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it required to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes– a world record (just two minutes much shorter than this whole talk!)– and what his frequently death-defying work implies to him. Warning: do NOT try this in the house.
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