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Deadly razors meet dance in Brazil's capoeira, while Olympic skiers train triple flips on a water ramp. A Moscow acrobat flips on 10-foot stilts, and Germany's fairy-tale castle reveals the tragic dreams of a mad king.

A 14-year-old matador faces raging bulls; a disabled athlete shines in college tennis; knife-throwers defy death on a wire; China's past revives in a Sung Dynasty village; killer whales leap at SeaWorld; the Maasai thrive on blood and milk.

A green mamba swallows prey whole; teachers sail miniature battleships for peace; Mexican children ride perilous courses; a human dummy stands motionless for hours; and in Brazil, brothers scale Christ the Redeemer to wash its face.

Movie dogs hit their marks in Connecticut; New Jersey artisans handcraft fireworks for blazing shows; Mexico City's motorcycle police build perilous pyramids; and in France, a one‑woman circus from the Fettelini clan keeps daring clowning alive.

A 10‑year‑old boxer trains with Cus D'Amato in New York; Swiss automaton dolls draw and play; Japan's Kagame spins saucers and knives; a sculptor carves animals and Yoda with a chainsaw; and in Brazil, a scientist devotes his life to birds.

A Minnesota family shares their home with lions, bears, and a beer‑drinking chimp; French teens brave Alpine cliffs; a bullwhip artist dazzles with trick shots; a Romanian refugee brings puppets to life; and in Brazil, Macumba spirits dance.

A former Tarzan shares his estate with lions and tigers; a mom thrills on wheels with her son; a fly caster slices fruit with pinpoint skill; Hollywood's Rick Baker transforms men into monsters; and in Australia, magnetic anthills rise like tombstones.

A zookeeper chats in 300 bird tongues; a crane operator balances a wrecking ball on an egg; a ballerina invents toe skating on ice; giraffes reveal giant hearts that keep them standing tall; and Australia's sacred Ayers Rock glows with myth.

A daredevil dives into a pool of rattlesnakes; a cheetah and a golden retriever live as best friends; an underwater magician lights a cigarette; softball queen Rosie Black strikes out pros blindfolded; and Spain reenacts a 13th‑century war.

In Taiwan's Snake Alley, cobras, eagles, and a mongoose battle as a pitchman swears by his snakebite cure; Hollywood's punk hairstylist Attila sculpts wild looks; acrobats risk stunts atop a speeding car; and Brazil's mines yield jewels for Rio's salons.

Mexico's urban cowboys risk the Step of Death in rodeos; Germany's castle museum revives 18th‑century music machines; England's Trio Angelos ride a motorcycle high in the sky; and blind New York photographer Flo Fox reveals ironic reality.

French cowboys herd bulls as villagers fight to free them; America's Mr. Sound Effects mimics cars and trains; a 67‑year‑old grandma dives into fire; parrots run a California car wash; and in Ecuador, a priest rescues shoeshine boys.

Brothers lift tables and chairs with their teeth; in France, a lion and tiger produce rare ligren cubs; a 10-year-old cowgirl performs dangerous rodeo stunts; and at England's Chilham Castle, armored knights revive the joust.

A barefoot skier flips from a bridge and rides on his hands; kids learn to stilt‑walk in England; Africa's saucer‑lipped women reveal a fading custom; a dog leans into motorcycle curves; and in Ecuador, a witch doctor battles the evil eye.

A Kung Fu master hurls chopsticks through doors; Australia's beaches are guarded by shark nets; trapeze artists fly high over Long Beach streets; Mexico's Totonaca whirl in a sun dance; and in England, pigeons rush blood samples to save lives.

Steve McPeak defies death on tramway cables; England's gurners pull faces in a 700‑year contest; a baby elephant balances on planks; Bavarians finger‑wrestle with beer bravado; and in Togo, a fetish market sells charms of strength and spirit.

Taiwan's Snake Alley serves cocktails of venom and blood; England's Birdmen plunge with homemade wings; flamingos in the Bahamas march on command; Bulgaria's Miko Domitrov dives in the swing of death; and Benin's river people thrive on water.

Kung Fu masters burst steel wires and endure blades; inside America's factories, light bulbs take shape; roller skaters spin atop a speeding car; England's champions sniff tobacco in seconds; and Disney brings U.S. presidents to life in Orlando.

Mexico's birdmen whirl from a 100‑foot pole; Steinway's factory reveals how grand pianos are born; a father‑son duo balances daring flips on ice; Africa's cobra spits blinding venom; and a vet's canine cart lets crippled dogs run again.

In Thailand, elephants play soccer and haul logs; Mexico's Aragons forge blades fit for kings; billiards star Masako Katsura dazzles with impossible shots; Swiss teen Denise Biellmann skates to world glory; and an ex‑prisoner recalls life on Alcatraz.

Karate master Hidy Ochiai slices fruit on his son's throat; a Florida couple weds beneath the sea; Malakova somersaults on a high wire with no net; and Brazil's wildest TV host Chacrinha throws a five‑hour circus of chaos and song.

Germany's flea circus stars pull chariots; a Washington baker sculpts buttercream portraits; a cat stuns with ping‑pong skills; a contortionist twists into midair by his teeth; and Rio's samba schools rehearse year‑round for carnival glory.

Twiggy the squirrel water‑skis for a living; rare stamps reveal million‑dollar errors; the Great Fustner balances on a giant ball at 60; Mexico's mariachis serenade girls in courtship rituals; and Yugoslavia's horse games mix archery and javelin.

Swiss children star in their own circus; a movie queen's million‑dollar dollhouse glitters with treasures; Oscar‑winning parakeets perform circus stunts; Dobermans scale walls and carry raw eggs with care; and a one‑legged diver braves sharks again.

A Californian turns beds and sinks into instruments; Vienna's Sachertorte cake tempts royalty; a Roman rider steers horses over fire; Egyptians revive papyrus‑making after 5,000 years; and Rich Little jokes that glue and hieroglyphs kept it all together.