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Did you know that February 25th is World Sword Sallower's Day? Arianna Huffington did - and she spent it with sword swallower Dan Meyer who's dedicated to his performance art, as well as sharing the history of his craft and its impact on science and medicine. The video of Meyer visiting the Huffington Post is so amazing that we called Meyer up and found him happy to explain his job - and then demonstrate it for us!

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