The (Not So Secret) Secrets Behind Magic Tricks

Custom Kicks

Michael Jackson and his dancers were outfitted with custom shoes that had a V shape etched into the heel. This V was intended to hang onto a small nail that was driven into the stage. The idea was, if you could wedge the nail head into the V in the shoe, the dancers could lean forward while still looking authentic. Michael Jackson had an eye for the impossible, and he always made it work.

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The More You Know

  • A team of six women programmed the first digital computer.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
  • The glow around the moon is called a "broch."
  • The brain is the fattest organ.
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