Micheal Phelps: People with bigger lung capacity have more fun

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So Micheal Phelps has twice the lung capacity of a typical human. 12 liters for Phelps, 6 for everyone else. To his benefit, this extra lung capacity theoretically means he would hold his breath under water twice as long as the typical human. That's pretty useful when you're a swimmer. In addition to being really cool, this little Fact flavored Gumdrop does cause some people to have some pretty interesting questions.

Here's one:

With all that breathing room, can he get more high than a normal person when he takes a hit from a bong like he was recently pictured doing?

Well let's take a look. Smoke from Marijuana is inhaled through the lungs. More lung capacity means more smoke. More smoke means more high. Case closed.

A problem for Micheal is that studies have shown that Marijuana that is smoked does actually decrease your lung capacity. This could be a problem for Phelps because of his world champion swimmer status. He needs more lung capacity to... well, be under water so much without letting being out of breath trouble him. Therefore, it's probably not the best idea for him to smoke pot anymore, if he wants to win more gold metals in 2012. Sucks for him.

Fortunately, there's pot brownies.

Sincerely,
Lucas Biespiel