Seems like you can float on your back forever, without really getting tired. When people drown in lakes or oceans, why can’t they just float until someone rescues them? I get it if you’re wearing clothes heavy with water, but if you were already swimming, or at least dressed for it…?
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When the titanic sank, the huge death toll wasn’t from people drowning. It was because the ocean is cold, and in that region it’s especially cold (which is why it can have icebergs to begin with). Water saps away your body heat much faster than air. In cold water, you can be dead in minutes.
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