An expert female manipulator

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The comment thread at BoingBoing indicates that this may or may not be Suzy Wandas ("the lady with the fairy fingers"), who was "reputed to be one of the half-dozen best manipulators in the history of magic."

Wait for it, wait for it...

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A card trick anyone can do

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Mathematical card tricks are the best ones to learn, because no sleight-of-hand is required.  A hat tip to Mark Frauenfelder for creating this video to illustrate the methodology of a clever trick posted at Greg Ross' Futility Closet.

Math enthusiasts can calculate why the trick works; the rest of us can read the explanation by Noah Luck Easterly in the Boing Boing comment thread.

"Cigarette magic"

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Via BoingBoing.

"Invisible chairs"

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The two most reasonable explanations are:

1) A support inside their pants which flexes 90 degrees only.  It would have to interface with some anchoring point on the floor.

2) Wire supports from above connecting to a body harness.  Other "flying" performers raise this possibility.

Any other ideas?  It seems to have been filmed at a live performance, so presumably there is no green screen video editing.

Via Nothing To Do With Arbroath.

Dutch illusionist Hans Klok

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You'll be tempted to hit the pause and rewind buttons during this video.

"Spreadwave" trick performed by Mathieu Bich

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Mathematical card trick

I started learning card tricks to cheer up kids back when I was doing volunteer work in hospitals in the 1960s. Mathematical tricks are the best, because no sleight-of-hand is required. This is not my video; I'm just posting it for future reference.

Explanations of the math are in the Reddit thread.

Lance Burton's sleight-of-hand

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Even using freeze-frame to stop the motion, this performance remains impressive.

Via Neatorama.

The "Confuzzle" optical illusion

I believe this is a variant of the old "Disappearing Man" illusion.  Instructions for creating your own Confuzzle with posterboard and ruler and scissors is at Instructables.

Via The Upcoming Queue.