David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min
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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2010
http://www.ted.com In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes -- a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) -- and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try this at home.
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Henry Jackson 5 days ago
I bet David Blaine can hit the shit out of a bong.
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lildoodie2004 3 days ago
Seeing the way he talks...I think he did get some brain damage
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nuparutheburglar 3 hours ago
wow man looks like he's not the only one with brain damage
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Aaron Jones 4 hours ago
niqqa and u think u can do it better, if thas tha way he talks then let him talk like that, he dont need no emotions or enthusiasm, u aint him so shut tha fuk p
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sand wit 6 hours ago
it is just the way he speaks. i dont see anything wrong with it!
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jasee1227 12 hours ago
wow amazing
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ObongoUltraChimpout 14 hours ago
He really is the worst public speaker ever. He has no emotions or enthusiasm its really sad.
I think he has brain damage from all his tricks.
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MrHossen1223 15 hours ago
Then fuck off!
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Marco Fernandes 20 hours ago
All the stuff he actually says here is already on wikipedia anyways,whats the point of this ??? HEs sooo boring
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jjgipson 20 hours ago
Whoa! He broke down crying at the end!
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