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Before Randi's retirement, JREF sponsored the [[One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge]], which offered a prize of one million dollars US to eligible applicants who could demonstrate evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event under test conditions agreed to by both parties.<ref>{{cite web|title=JREF Status|url=http://web.randi.org/home/jref-status|publisher=JREF|accessdate=November 12, 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830152145/http://web.randi.org/home/jref-status|archivedate=August 30, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The paranormal challenge was officially terminated by the JREF in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.randi.org/the-million-dollar-challenge.html |title=The Million Dollar Challenge |accessdate=2015-01-05 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904164131/http://web.randi.org/the-million-dollar-challenge.html |archivedate=September 4, 2017 |df=mdy-all }} James Randi Educational Foundation</ref> The foundation continues to make grants to non-profit groups that encourage critical thinking and a fact-based world view.

 

 

In his twenties, Randi posed as an [[astrologer]] and, to establish that they were actually doing simple tricks, he briefly wrote an astrological column in the Canadian tabloid ''[[Globe (tabloid)|Midnight]]'' under the name "Zo-ran" by simply shuffling up items from newspaper astrology columns and pasting them randomly into a column.<ref>[[#Randi 1982c|Randi 1982c]], pp. 230–231. Randi reprints two newspaper columns from the ''[[Toronto Telegram|Toronto Evening Telegram]]'' of August 28, 1950, and August 14, 1950, by Wessely Hicks about Randall Zwinge's psychic predictions. The earlier column states that "Mr. Zwinge said he first became aware that he possessed Extra Sensory Perception when he was nine years old."</ref><ref>[[#Randi 1982a|Randi 1982a]], pp. 61–62</ref> In his thirties, Randi worked in the UK, Europe, [[Philippines|Philippine]] nightclubs, and all across [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Randi |first=James |date=May 19, 2006 |title=Filipino Justice |journal=Swift |type=Newsletter |accessdate=June 15, 2009 |url=http://www.randi.org/jr/2006-05/051906sylvia.html#i13 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091007175115/http://www.randi.org/jr/2006-05/051906sylvia.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2009 }}</ref> He witnessed many tricks that were presented as being supernatural. One of his earliest reported experiences is that of seeing an [[Evangelism|evangelist]] using a version of the "[[billet reading|one-ahead]]"<ref name="Time01">{{cite news|title=Fighting Against Flimflam|first=Leon|last=Jaroff|authorlink=Leon Jaroff|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,149448,00.html?iid=chix-sphere|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=June 24, 2001|accessdate=June 18, 2007|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930142033/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,149448,00.html?iid=chix-sphere|archivedate=September 30, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> technique to convince churchgoers of his [[divinity|divine]] powers.<ref name="Taft">{{cite news|first=Philip B., Jr.|last=Taft|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/05/nyregion/a-charlatan-in-pursuit-of-truth.html|title=A Charlatan in Pursuit of Truth|work=The New York Times|date=July 5, 1981|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930035857/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/05/nyregion/a-charlatan-in-pursuit-of-truth.html|archivedate=September 30, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref>