I was once i another lifetime a juggler.
Were you?! Did you get involved in the manipulation of objects for recreation?
I just juggled for extra change and did a bit in a circus. When did juggling come about?
I see, it originates as far back as the 11th century! Long time!
Who were the first to perform juggling? Was there a circus back then?
The first jugglers used more dramatic objects such as knives, fire torches or chainsaws. Circuses came a bit later.
Did they perform in front of nobility like a jester? 
Yes!  Philip Astley is credited with being the 'father' of the modern circus when he opened the first circus in 1768 in England but I dont think he was a jester!
Whats the most extreme thing that anyone has juggled?
and clowns to the English public, but he was the first to create a space where all these acts were brought together to perform a show. Astley rode in a circle rather than a straight line as his rivals did, and thus chanced on the format of performing in a circle. Astley performed stunts in a 42 ft diameter ring, which is the standard size used by circuses ever since. Astley referred to the performance arena as a circle and the building as an amphitheatre; these would later be known as a
and when I was there had been using them about 10 days, and the shearers were doing on an average over 100 per man. One man did 160, and when you consider the superior way the sheep are shorn, and, you get every ounce of wool taken off as it grows on the sheep, I should think that the expense of getting the machines fitted up would repay itself in two years by the extra price of the wool and the far less knocking about the sheep get. The only part of the