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not to be overshadowed by the US election results the german government just decided to file for divorce

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Johnny Eck was a performer from the 1930s who was born without any legs:

He's primarily known for appearing in the 1932 cult classic Freaks directed by Tod Browning.

However what I'm mostly obsessed with is this account of a magic trick he did with his non-disabled twin brother (text under the cut)

Like this is the funniest thing I've ever heard. Can you imagine

Wikipedia screenshot:

"In 1937, Eck and Robert were recruited by the illusionist and hypnotist Rajah Raboid, for his "Miracles of 1937" show. In it they performed a magic feat that amazed audiences. Raboid performed the traditional sawing-a-man-in-half illusion, except with an unexpected twist. At first Robert would pretend to be a member of the audience and heckle the illusionist during his routine, resulting in Robert being called on stage to be sawed in half himself. During the illusion, Robert would then be switched with his twin brother Eck, who played the top half of his body, and a dwarf who played the bottom half, concealed in specially-built pant legs. After seeming to have been sawn off, the legs would suddenly get up and start running away, prompting Eck to jump off the table and start chasing them around the stage, screaming, "Come back!" "I want my legs back!" Sometimes he even chased the legs into the audience. The subsequent reaction was amazing – people would scream and sometimes even flee the theater in terror. As Eck described it, "The men were more frightened than the women – the women couldn't move because the men were walking across their laps, headed for the exit." The act provided the perfect jolt by frightening people at first but then caused just as much laughter and applause. The illusion would end with stage hands plucking up Eck and setting him atop "his" legs and then twirling him off-stage to be replaced by his twin Robert, who would then loudly threaten to sue Raboid and storm out of the theater. Their act was so popular that they played to packed audiences up and down the East Coast."

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Good streak so far hehe

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Brother Sebhat ✨✨

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Every day is a reason to celebrate 🥂🥳

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what is your number 8 song on your on repeat playlist?

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Backshots...? No, I could never strike my enemy whilst he isn't looking. It would be most dishonorable

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Creep, 2014, dir. Patrick Brice

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I'm so mentally stable you can park a horse in my brain

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sometimes a man hurts every woman in his life because his true soulmate is a man. but thats no excuse. he should still kill himself

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shirt design idea: on the front it says "thank god I dont live in America!" and on the back it says "MY COUNTRY'S GOVERNMENT IS JUST AS BAD AND MY COUNTRY'S HISTORY IS JUST AS BLOODY"

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pathologic 3 bachelor route situation is crazy

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girl?