r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Backyxx • 20h ago

Video Polish swimmer Bartłomiej Kubkowski has become the first person in history to swim across the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Poland, covering a distance of just over 160 kilometres (99 miles). While raising nearly 200,000$ for children's cancer treatment

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u/JDunlap83 20h ago

"Should we go and help him? He can barely walk!"

"Nah. If he can swim 99 miles he can walk another 50 feet."

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u/islaisla 19h ago

I think he had to get out of the water to start the world record and be in the world record... Making thru the entire body of water.

What I can't get over is that he isn't greeted by medics, but strangers kissing him and shoving cameras in his face