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The Three Mowatts were the first three-person club passing act, first performing in 1895. John Whitfield left the Mowatts to set up his own troupe called the Juggling Johnsons and created the first 4 and 5 person juggling. Jack Greene and Joe Piche were the first to pass 8 clubs. 1896 – Siberia Enrico Rastelli is born. Rastelli (1896–1931 ...
Claude Shannon, builder of the first juggling robot, developed a juggling theorem, relating the time balls spend in the air and in the hands: (F+D)H=(V+D)N, where F = time a ball spends in the air, D = time a ball spends in a hand/time a hand is full, V = time a hand is vacant, N = number of balls, and H = number of hands. [10]
Although juggling in its western form involving props such as balls, rings, and clubs is rarely performed in modern China, at certain periods in Chinese history it was much more popular. In fact, some of the world's earliest known jugglers were Chinese warriors and entertainers who lived during the time of the Spring and Autumn period of ...
The first known mention of a diabolo in the Western world was made by a missionary, Father Amiot, [3] in Beijing in 1792 during Lord Macartney's ambassadorship, after which examples were brought to Europe, [4] as was the sheng (eventually adapted to the harmonica and accordion). [5] [6] Amiot described it as follows: [3]
Toss juggling juggling consisting of tosses and catches ( in distinction to non-tossing forms of juggling, like e.g. swinging clubs or poi, twirling a bâton, or contact juggling where the prop rolls along bodyparts ). Two-in-One columns, using one hand and two balls, "where the balls travel vertically in their own separate paths." [6]
Candy corn took off in the late 1800s after a Cincinnati-based company took the lead in production. Here's what to know about the Halloween treat.
Some real-estate scammers operate by transferring a home's deed away from its rightful owners. The owner of a $137.5 million LA mansion says they're a victim of deed fraud and can't sell it.
The suspects in the killing of a Border Patrol agent had been associating with multiple people suspected in a series of violent crimes across the U.S., prosecutors say.