John Green of Mental Floss sheds the light of science on thirty of the so-called ‘life hacks’ doing the rounds on the Interwebs of late.
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Another ten tabletop tricks with which to fleece your friends from the charming Richard Wiseman.
Jeff writes:
“Best barman in Oliver St John Gogarty’s (in Temple Bar) just did this. His name is Frank.”
How’d he do that?
UPDATE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKAei1IqO_I#at=79
Ross Doogan (12) of Tir Chonaill R.F.C. in Donegal.
His skills.
Let him show you them.
(Thanks Sean)
Kiwi motocross freestyler and reigning Red Bull X-Fighters World Champion Levi Sherwood narrates slow motion footage of his favourite aerial trick.
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A foolproof card trick invented by magician Jim Steinmeyer and demonstrated by BoingBoing’s Mark Frauenfelder, who found it on the Futility Closet Blog:
Remove any nine cards from an ordinary deck, shuffle them, and deal them face down into three piles. Choose any pile and note its bottom card. Then assemble the three piles into one, being sure to place the chosen pile on top.
Suppose the card you chose is the three of spades. Spell T-H-R-E-E, dealing one card face down onto the table with each letter. Place the remaining cards on top of these five and take up the whole packet. Now spell O-F, and again place the remaining cards on top of these two. Then spell S-P-A-D-E-S and place the remaining cards on top.
Now pick up the packet and spell M-A-G-I-C, dealing the final card face up. It’s the three of spades.
Go on. Get the cards.
All-new ways to irritate your friends from University of Hertfordshire Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology, Dr Richard ‘Quirkology’ Wiseman.
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