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08/16/2006: "Of Course I Believe Him ... :-)"

David Copperfield - the illusionist, not the fictional character - has made a lot of claims in his career. He claimed to make the Statue of Liberty disappear, he claimed to make himself float in mid-air and - his most outlandish claim - he claimed that Claudia Schiffer was in love with him.

He may have just topped himself, though. Dave is now saying he's discovered the Fountain of Youth - conveniently located on an island he just bought in the Bahamas ...

"I've discovered a true phenomenon," he told Reuters in a telephone interview. "You can take dead leaves, they come in contact with the water, they become full of life again. ... Bugs or insects that are near death, come in contact with the water, they'll fly away. It's an amazing thing, very, very exciting."

Of course, I'm sure this announcement has nothing to do with the fact that his career is flagging, or that you can rent the island from him for $300,000 a week.

Come to think of it, his biggest stunt yet may have been making the $50 million he paid for the island appear ...