The (Not So Secret) Secrets Behind Magic Tricks

The Invisible Lemon

This trick is essentially entirely sleight of hand. Jamie Ravens started by asking one of the judges to sign a piece of paper and hand it back to him. Ravens then folded the paper and used that distraction to pull a lemon out of a secret pocket in his jacket. He then used sleight of hand to disguise what he was doing, and he shoved the paper into a hole in the lemon. He then cut the lemon in half to reveal the signed note.

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The More You Know

  • The designer of the current United States flag was 17 at the time, and created it for a high school project. He received a B-.
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