Steel on the menu at sword swallowers' Hollywood sideshow

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Steel on the menu at sword swallowers' Hollywood sideshow

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/steel-menu-sword-swallowers-hollywood-sideshow-163405601.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q7DEZWxSR2HCZVpSZvTC3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-24T163405Z_1_CBRE91N1A0X00_RTROPTP_2_OUKOE-UK-USA-SWORDSWALLOWERS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A performance artist attaches hooks into his eyelids to hold a soda bottle ahead of the annual World Sword Swallower's Day celebrations outside the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A performance artist attaches hooks into his eyelids to hold a soda bottle ahead of the annual World Sword Swallower's Day celebrations outside the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - George the Giant, towering over onlookers gathered to see performers swallow steel, hammers a 6-1/2 inch (16.5 cm) nail up his nostril, rips a phone book in half with his bare hands and dangles a full bottle of Coke from his eyelids with fish hooks. The world's tallest sword swallower, at 7 feet 3 inches (2.2 metres), he was under strict doctor's orders not to participate in the main event at the 6th Annual &quot;World Sword Swallower's Day&quot; due to an unrelated injury, but remained intent on pleasing the crowd. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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