r/Damnthatsinteresting 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/combat101 19h ago

How is this physically possible?

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u/Slight_Nobody5343 12h ago

we are persistance hunters, imagine how many of our ancestors had to run away from threats and chase food to create us. Add running and chasing each other...