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History: How this sailor’s party trick landed him in deep water

He completely missed the point of sword-swallowing
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12 April 2019
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American sailor John Cummings wasn’t the sharpest knife in the galley.

“In 1799, he had seen a French juggler perform the trick of assumedly swallowing knives of that kind at a public entertainment,” according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.

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