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By the time Houdini was six, he had already developed a taste for magic and sleight of hand. His first trick was making a dried pea appear in any one of three cups. As a boy, he spent his time practicing acrobatics, and doing odd jobs as a newspaper seller and bootblack. When Harry was nine, a circus arrived in town. He showed the manager his tricks and the man was so impressed with Harry's talent for releasing himself from rope ties, and picking up pins with his eyelids, that he hired him to perform while the circus was in town.

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