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After being practiced for more than 4,000 years, it’s safe to say sword swallowing is one of the oldest forms of entertainment. It’s also one of the least understood, according to Dan Meyer, president ...

Fig 1: One of the authors (DM) swallowing seven swords. It's BMJ week (again) on NCBI ROFL! After the success of our first BMJ week, we decided to devote another week to fun articles from holiday ...

It’s a dangerous skill not for the faint-hearted and only less than a few dozen daredevils take part across the world. We are talking about sword swallowing. Tracing its origins back to 2,000 BC in ...

Dan Meyer swallows swords for a living -- sometimes multiple swords, sometimes red hot swords, and sometimes swords under water. And this "human shish kabob," as he has been called, is on his way to ...