Post AXh6wv5MaYFupafRZ2 by SplatterDaddy@kolektiva.social
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 (DIR) Post #AXh52O0eHGpy4owPQ0 by todayilearned@noc.social
       2023-07-14T18:51:05Z
       
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       TIL In 1886 William Ellsworth Robinson, an American Magician assumed the Asian inspired persona of Chung Ling Soo, dressed in traditional Chineese attire, pretended to not speak English & faked a marriage to an Asian American to fool European audiences. He later died during a failed Bullet Catch Acthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Ling_Soohttps://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/14zokte/til_in_1886_william_ellsworth_robinson_an/
       
 (DIR) Post #AXh6YeC3k0MpUXE2YS by HuShuo@mastodon.social
       2023-07-14T19:08:04Z
       
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       @todayilearned Funny - long ago I heard the almost certainly apocryphal story about Empress Dowager Cixi being convinced of the Boxer's magic by a demonstration of that Bullet Catch shtick.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXh6wv5MaYFupafRZ2 by SplatterDaddy@kolektiva.social
       2023-07-14T19:12:29Z
       
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       @todayilearned He also apparently faked his middle initial.