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David Blaine talks about how he held his breath for 17 minutes. Towards the end of the talk he mentions a phenomenon called “blood shunting”, which caused a tingly sensation in his feet and hands. Basically, your brain tells your circulatory system to bypass your extremities and instead send the blood to the vital organs. This sounds remarkably similar to what I felt when my food poisoning / stomach virus made itself known a few weeks ago. [via Brian Weaver]
