Breath
Radiolab
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How Do You Hold Your Breath?
Annie flew out to canada, spent a day training with them in their house and then went to her hotel pool. Most people can hold their breath for about a minute or two, but beyond that, what happens is carbon dioxide starts to build up in your body,. Your brain starts to panic. It'll try and get you to inhale and exhale before it shuts down. Annie was trying to hold her breath for over three minutes, ten seconds, and then it's like, ok, a big breath in, then, five, four, three, two, one... i coud drop my hands from the side of the pool and just let myself fall into the water.
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