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From the Ted Talk by Apollo Robbins: The art of misdirection
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But it's only a start. Let's try it a little bit differently. Hold your hadns together. Your other hand on top. If you're watching this little token, this obviously has become a little target, like a red herring. If we watch this kind of close, it looks like it goes away. It's not back on your suoelhdr. It falls out of the air, lands right back in the hand. Did you see it go? Yeah, fnuny. We've got a little guy. He's union, works up there all day. If I do it slowly it goes shtgiart away, it lands by your pocket. Is it in this pocket, sir? Don't reach in your pckoet. That's a different show.
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But it's only a start. Let's try it a little bit differently. Hold your _____ together. Your other hand on top. If you're watching this little token, this obviously has become a little target, like a red herring. If we watch this kind of close, it looks like it goes away. It's not back on your ________. It falls out of the air, lands right back in the hand. Did you see it go? Yeah, _____. We've got a little guy. He's union, works up there all day. If I do it slowly it goes ________ away, it lands by your pocket. Is it in this pocket, sir? Don't reach in your ______. That's a different show.
Solution
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- shoulder
- hands
- funny
- pocket
Original Text
But it's only a start. Let's try it a little bit differently. Hold your hands together. Your other hand on top. If you're watching this little token, this obviously has become a little target, like a red herring. If we watch this kind of close, it looks like it goes away. It's not back on your shoulder. It falls out of the air, lands right back in the hand. Did you see it go? Yeah, funny. We've got a little guy. He's union, works up there all day. If I do it slowly it goes straight away, it lands by your pocket. Is it in this pocket, sir? Don't reach in your pocket. That's a different show.
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