How Houdini DIED (in Slow Motion) - Smarter Every Day 108

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Hey it's me Destin, welcome back to Smarter Every Day. So did you realize that Harry Houdini was thefirst person to fly an airplane in Australia? I didn't either, that's crazy.In fact this guy's whole life was interesting because he lived it out daily cheating deathin front of thousands of people. Now this eventually caught up.. What's in your ear?Oh, it's a rock in your ear. Magic.So this is convenient because Harry Houdini was Jewish, and it's a Jewish customif you're going to honor the dead to go and lay a rock on top of their tombstone. Why don't we do that?Let's go to Queens New York where he has a really cool tombstone and we'll lay this rockthere and I'll explain to you...