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What did Harry Houdini's mirror challenge consist of?
The London Daily Mirror newspaper challenged Harry Houdini to escape from special handcuffs.
Was Harry Houdini able to escape the Daily Mirror's special handcuffs?
After an hour and ten minutes, Harry Houdini emerged free.
Who all was there to see Harry Houdini's escape from the Daily Mirror's special handcuffs?
4000 people and more than 100 journalists turned out for the much-hyped event.
Was the Daily Mirror's handcuff escape Harry Houdini's most famous stunt?
Another of Harry Houdini's most famous publicity stunts was to escape from a nailed and roped packing crate after it had been lowered into water.

Question: Had he done something similar before?
Self-contained rewrite: Had Harry Houdini done something similar to the packing crate escape before?