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Ancient Chinese official Wan Hu strapped 47 firecrackers to a chair to travel the space, made his servants light them all at once, and disappeared in a massive cloud of smoke. (infosec.pub)
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[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

POOM! Smoke bomb, and he's not there when it clears.

Wan Hu was the first magician!