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Harry Eng was an elementary school teacher, educational consultant, inventor, magician, and master of Impossible Bottles. He was born in 1932 and lived in La Mesa, California.
Harry was most famous, literally world famous, for his Impossible Bottles. He put all kinds of things into bottles — decks of cards, scissors, golf balls, ping pong balls, padlocks, packs of cigarettes, tennis balls, baseballs, books, dice, pairs of shoes, plus many other objects. Harry even put a bottle inside of a bottle. But, Harry's signature was always putting a knot of rope in each bottle. Sometimes a big knot, sometimes a small knot, but the knot was usually larger than the bottle opening.
Harry started making Impossible Bottles in the mid 1980's (only ten years before he passed away). It has been said that Harry made somewhere between 600 and 700 bottles in his lifetime. He made and shipped them all over the world. At puzzle and magic conventions Harry would always bring some of his bottles, where they would always sell out.
Today, Harry's bottles have become collector's items. Collectors have paid thousands of dollars for just one of his bottles. On June 29th, 1996 Harry passed away and took most of his secrets with him. Harry will always be known as the master of Impossible Bottles.
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