{"id":1264,"date":"2011-12-06T15:03:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T15:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1264"},"modified":"2011-12-06T15:03:34","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T15:03:34","slug":"man-balances-head-on-nail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/man-balances-head-on-nail\/","title":{"rendered":"Man balances head on nail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where I come from the expression hitting the nail on the head is used when somebody describes what a problem is.<\/p>\n<p>However, things must work a bit differently in China if what Li Xin can do is anything to go by.<\/p>\n<p>The crazy stuntman has been pictured balancing himself upside down, on top of a nail!<\/p>\n<p>Apparently Xin has been perfecting the feat for the past 20 years and somewhere along the line a screw must have went loose because this is just nuts.<\/p>\n<p>How he is able to put his full weight on the nail without incurring any long-term damage is 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