For almost 30 minutes, Vitomir Maricic didn't take a breath.When he finally surfaced, he had smashed the previous Guinness World Record for the longest breath-hold underwater by nearly five minutes.

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The growing popularity of Jeju Island’s haenyeo may not be enough to save the fate of a centuries-long tradition, which has ...

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