PHOTOS: YOU WON WHAT? Greased Climbers, Pig Dive, More

PHOTOS: YOU WON WHAT? Greased Climbers, Pig Dive, More
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Sakhir, Bahrain, April 26, 2009--Twenty minutes might not sound like a great deal of time--unless you're Hungarian escape artist David Merlini, shown above. The performer broke a world record by remaining submerged for 21 minutes, 29 seconds in a 1,000-liter (264-gallon) tank.
—Photograph by Luca Bruno/AP
 
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