Word: zacchinis
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Dates: during 1929-1929
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...elephant, who has gained exactly one ton since last seen by his adoring public. This year there are many new acts, not the least astounding of which is that in which a man is shot from a cannon into a net more than 200 ft. away. He is Ugo Zacchini. He and his brother served in the Italian artillery during the War. They wondered then whether a man could be hurled as a projectile. There was no time to find out. Back on their farm in north ern Italy after the Armistice, they experimented with six-ton cannon...