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First up, here's the VIDEO, already up on Youtube!
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And finally, I have PHOTOS! Photos of Dan Meyer, the Sword Swallower who won an IgNobel prize for...the effects of sword swallowing. OBVIOUSLY. I ran into him afterward, and he swallowed the sword for me again!!! AND I GOT PHOTOS!!
(Pulling out the sword is his lovely temporary assistant, Kate Eppers.