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15-year-old sets unusual world record underwater after learning how to scuba dive, all for a good cause

"I was like, 'Let's spend the lockdown in a creative way,' " Avery Fisher tells PEOPLE Avery Fisher set a Guinness World Record for most magic tricks underwater in three minutes — 38 — in 2023 when ...
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Black Scuba Diver Corhonda Dawson Sets Guinness World Record

Corhonda “Hooda” Dawson made history in April 2025, earning a Guinness World Record for diving on all seven continents in 11 days, 19 hours and 23 minutes.
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Corhonda Dawson Surfaces with Scuba Diving World Record

Dawson, a native of Whitehaven, Tennessee, began her record-setting quest on April 1, 2025. Corhonda “Hooda Brown” Dawson has set a new world record for the quickest worldwide scuba dive sequence, ...

A couple kissed underwater for 4 minutes, setting a new world record, and they say it's given them a new level of respect for the human body

Beth Neale said the longest she had gone underwater in one breath was six minutes. But staying underwater while kissing someone was much more complex.
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15-Year-Old Sets Unusual World Record Underwater After Learning How to Scuba Dive, All for a Good Cause

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Avery Fisher, like many young people her age, was craving physical interaction. "I was in fifth grade and felt really isolated from my friends," recalls the ...
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15-Year-Old Sets Unusual World Record Underwater After Learning How to Scuba Dive, All for a Good Cause

Avery Fisher set a Guinness World Record for most magic tricks underwater in three minutes — 38 — in 2023 when she was 13, after learning how to scuba dive during the COVID-19 pandemic She set the ...