David Blaine Breaks World Record For Breath Holding
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The 35-year-old magician David Blaine set a new world record on April 30, 2008, for holding one breath for 17 minutes and 4 seconds in a water-filled sphere 8 feet in diameter.
The feat was broadcast live during “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
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Lebua, meaning lotus, will be the next iconic hotel in Thailand – so claimed the hotelier who turned a struggling US$60 a night hotel into a five-star winner with room rates starting at US$295 a night. And Deepak Ohri, the man behind the now famous five-star luxury hotel, did it within two years. Lotus is a flowering plant which has a special symbolism in Buddhist religious ceremonies; it signifies purity, beauty and resilience because it grows in muddy ponds. An apt name for a hotel with a similarly ironic story.

