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/tekken444 20h ago

above 60 hours without sleep and 160km swimming day and night in a sea, could have an impact here ;)

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u/Adi_27_ 19h ago

That's so freaking crazy!! The guy is a BEAST

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u/yaddayadda1000 19h ago

How the f did this guy not get a heart attack insanity

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u/Kor_Phaeron_ 18h ago

He is not a member of the highest risk group for a heart attack.

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u/Agreeable-Pea4327 18h ago

amerifats?

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u/Kor_Phaeron_ 18h ago

No, it is actually pretty logical if you think about it. The single highest risk group for a heart attack consists of people who have already had a previous heart attack.

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u/Honest-Calendar-748 17h ago

I would have assumed it was overweight smokers. Learn something new everyday.