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Below are | Below are two examples of famous and extremely knowledgeable performers who offered substantial rewards for anyone who could levitate an object. | ||
1) Joseph Dunninger<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Dunninger#cite_note-6</ref> (April 28, 1892 – March 9, 1975), known as "The Amazing Dunninger", was one of the most famous and proficient mentalists of all time. At the age of seventeen, he was invited to perform at the home of Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay and at the home of the inventor Thomas Edison, both of whom were avid admirers of Dunninger. President Franklin D. Roosevelt invited Dunninger to the White House on a number of occasions to demonstrate his mentalist skills.<ref>Samuel, Lawrence R. (2011). Supernatural America: A Cultural History. ABC-CLIO. pp. 48-51. ISBN 978-0-313-39899-5</ref> Through Scientific American magazine and his own organization the Universal Council for Psychic Research he also made an offer to any medium who could produce by psychic or supernatural means any physical phenomena that he could not duplicate or explain by natural means. No medium ever won the reward.<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kkwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=vlQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA106#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> | 1) Joseph Dunninger<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Dunninger#cite_note-6</ref> (April 28, 1892 – March 9, 1975), known as "The Amazing Dunninger", was one of the most famous and proficient mentalists of all time. At the age of seventeen, he was invited to perform at the home of Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay and at the home of the inventor Thomas Edison, both of whom were avid admirers of Dunninger. President Franklin D. Roosevelt invited Dunninger to the White House on a number of occasions to demonstrate his mentalist skills.<ref>Samuel, Lawrence R. (2011). Supernatural America: A Cultural History. ABC-CLIO. pp. 48-51. ISBN 978-0-313-39899-5</ref> Through Scientific American magazine and his own organization the Universal Council for Psychic Research he also made an offer to any medium who could produce by psychic or supernatural means any physical phenomena that he could not duplicate or explain by natural means. No medium ever won the reward.<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kkwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=vlQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA106#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> | ||
2) James Randi<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi</ref> Born August 7, 1928. | |||