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7 facts from 1 episode, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
1066
Ross Edgley recounts that in 1066 a lone Norwegian berserker held the bridge at Stamford Bridge against the English until he was stabbed from beneath.
“1066, I believe, when the Norwegians were invading England, Stamford Bridge, basically, the the Norwegians were retreating.”
Undated
Ross Edgley says he blacked out during a 60-hour Loch Ness swim because of hypothermia combined with cellulitis, a skin infection.
“Basically, it was, uh, hypothermia mixed with cellulitis, so cellulitis is a skin”
Undated
Ross Edgley says the water in Lake Trasimeno, Italy, was 36 degrees Celsius during a heat wave when he swam there.
“getting into the water, it was 36 degrees. Um, I don't know what that is in Fahrenheit, but hot.”
Undated
Ross Edgley says doctors measured his creatine kinase, a marker of muscle breakdown, at 19,000 after his Italian lake swim.
“They said, Ross, yours is at 19,000, which is so weird for a sport where you are suspended in water.”
Undated
Ross Edgley says he set a world record for the longest non-stop river swim, covering 510 kilometers down the Yukon River in about 60 hours.
“I broke the world record for the world's longest non-stop river swim. So it was 510 kilometers, uh, 60 hours, all the way down the Yukon River.”
Undated
Ross Edgley says the University of Iceland asked him to collect environmental DNA samples around Iceland's coast during his swim to track biodiversity.
“the University of Iceland said, Look, if you can collect eDNA samples, environmental DNA samples around the coast of Iceland. We can track biodiversity at a level of detail we've never seen before.”
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Ross Edgley says Hurricane Erin and other hazards threatened the last 100 miles of his Iceland swim.
“Hurricane Erin was coming through the Atlantic, so that was over the East coast. We had 100 miles to finish.”
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