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Sword Swallow (Group)
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Sword Swallow (Group): 19 people: 50 swords. Dan Meyer, Organizer, Dai Andrews, Natasha Veruschka, Red Stuart, Johnny Fox, Zamora (Tim Cridland), Todd Robbins, George (The Giant) McArthur, Lizardman (Erik Sprague), Keith Nelson, Thomas Blackthorne, Petur Pokus Finnbjörnsson, Julia Jewels Strouzer, Bill Berry, Frack (Chad Clos), Ses Carny (Jesse House), Malakai (Michael Todd), Damien Blade (Danny Snyder), and Roderick Russell.
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Sword Swallowing
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Sword Swallowing: Underwater: Tank of Sharks and Stingrays.
Dan Meyer swallowed 30” sword with 24” blade while submerged 20’ underwater in a tank of 80 sharks and stingrays at Ripley’s Aquarium, Myrtle Beach, SC (May 18, 2007).
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Sword Swallowing
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Sword Swallowing: Individual swords swallowed (>17 inches): 30 seconds: 30. Dan Meyer.
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Sword Swallowing
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Sword Swallowing: Individual swords swallowed (>17 inches): 60 seconds: 13. Dan Meyer.
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Sword Swallowing
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Sword Swallowing: Oldest Saw Swallowed: 100 year old saw. Dan Meyer.
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Sword Swallowing
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Sword Swallowing: Hottest: 1543-1559 degrees F. Dan Meyer.
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Sword Swallowing
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Sword Swallowing: Most Nobel Prize Winners to remove: 9. Dan Meyer. William Lipscomb, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1976
Dr. Dudley Herschbach, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986
Dr. Rich Roberts, Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine 1993
Dr. Wolfgang Ketterle, Nobel Prize in Physics 2001
Dr. Frank Wilczek, Nobel Prize in Physics 2004
Dr. Roy Glauber, Nobel Prize in Physics 2005
Dr. Martin Chalfie, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008
Dr. Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize in Economics 2008
Dr. Benoit Mandelbrot, Developer of Fractal Geometry
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Sword Swallowing
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Sword Swallowing: Swallowed by Multiple Swallowers: 52. Dan Meyer, organizer - swallowed 7 swords
Red Stuart - swallowed 25 swords
Natasha Veruschka - swallowed 11 swords
Keith Nelson - swallowed 3 swords
Travis Fessler - swallowed 2 swords
Crispy Knight - swallowed 1 sword
Matt Cassiere - swallowed 1 sword
John Metz - swallowed 1 sword
Roderick Russell - swallowed 1 sword
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Sword Swallowing
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Sword Swallowing: Most Decorated Car Pulled: 18 inch sword: 3,700 lb. car. Dan Meyer.
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Sword Swallowing
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Sword Swallowing: Car Pull: 22 ft 5.5 inches (6.845 meters). Dan Meyer. On June 27, 2022, Dan Meyer pulled a car 22 ft 5.5 inches by a 20 inch swallowed sword while filming an episode of Australia’s Got Talent before a live audience at the Sydney Coliseum in Sydney Australia. The car was a 1964 Triumph Spitfire weighing 1,568 lb (711 kg) before adding AGT judges Shane Jacobson and Kate Ritchie, and Meyer pulled them a total of 22’ 5.5” (6.845 meters) (Note: this surpasses the GWR of 6.38 meters or 20.93 feet).
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