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IS IT a sport? Is it a circus act? Is it a death-defying skill? Our picture shows a fire eater called Liu Gang about to extinguish a torch by putting it into his mouth during a stunt performance at a park in Hefei, east China's Anhui province in October last year.
It's not as glamourous as it looks. Fire eaters get mouth ulcers and burp petrol fumes after every performance. Charming. The Guiness Book of Records has dropped fire eating for fear of encouraging exponents to blow flames that are too long - and too dangerous.See the full content of this document
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Oddball Corner ; Fire Eating
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