Juggling, circus acts, and heck even air shows can be dangerous for the performers. I've seen an air show performer die during his act a few years ago when he crashed into the ground.
Even the NFL has a good amount of danger during every game -- and people get injured.
But spectators have died during Airshows [0] and during, say, the Indy 500 [1].
[0]: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/air-show-acciden...
[1]: https://www.sportscasting.com/indianapolis-500-tragedy-rarel...
Airshows have also killed people not spectating, but just driving nearby when the plane crashed into a main road: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Shoreham_Airshow_crash
Re:The Science of Sword-Swallowing
by AndrewOMartin on Saturday January 28, 2023 @07:41AM
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When I saw Penn & Teller live in the same show they did the routine you describe, but also a fire eating routine about how some stunts simply do hurt, and can be dangerous to both learn and perform. Neither break the "no permanent damage" rule but you are left with two seemingly contradictory arguments.
Properly aligned you can fit the two ideas together, but I think they kind of personal mental arranging of ideas is exactly what they want to leave you with.
But then you move further from magic and closer to acrobatics and things like tightrope acts without nets have real danger.