Since March, when the Syrian refugee community attracted international attention because of its sheer size, their number has continued to climb. More importantly, the rate of that increase has hastened. In the last six months of 2012, a typical update from the UNHCR consisted of about 2,300 newly registered refugees. In the first six months of 2013, an average update had 7,300 refugees. Today, the UN has registered more than 1.6 million refugees and acknowledges more than 200,000 who still await registration.
The longest time to hold the breath underwater with pure oxygen prior to the attempt was 22 min 32 sec by Goran Äolak at the Zagreb main square in Zagreb, Croatia, on 29 September 2013.
...Umberto Pellezari holds the World Apnea (face down in pool) breath hold record. It's almost 8 minutes. July 9 1991, Hawaii - Record created by Umberto Pellezari: 7 minutes 22 seconds. Female Static Apnea - Annabel Briseno (USA) 5 minutes 41 seconds July 14th, 2002 Freeport, Bahamas.