#23: A Special Talent
Every kid dreams of running away and joining the circus. Well, this contributor’s mother actually did just that in 1976! She says that she never enjoyed school and couldn’t sit still during those long hours each day. If running away and joining the circus seems glamorous, her circus job was downright dangerous. She was a fire eater!
Fire eating doesn’t technically involve eating the fire. Instead, the performer holds a mouthful of fuel in their mouth and spits it out at the fire as it approaches the mouth. So while this seems less dangerous than actually swallowing the fire, the performer still can get burned or poisoned by the fuel.
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