And I thought the people with six fingers on one hand were impressive! Watch below.
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7:51 am Thu
Jun 20, 2019
Freak out on this fantastic hand illusion
How to make chocolate out of nothing
Fearful that I may run out of chocolate during the shelter-in-place mandate, I revisited Mariano Tomatis’s demonstration of how to magically create chocolate out of nothing. Here is his explanation of this wonderful phenomenon, known as a missing square or vanishing area puzzle. (Thanks, Ferdinando Buscema!)
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These gears aren't spinning. It's an optical illusion. Really. (strobe warning)
For those of you who enjoyed “These boxes aren’t rotating” from earlier this week… These gears aren’t spinning either. I promise. You are experiencing the “reverse-phi” illusion.
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Watch this illusory mirror dance routine
It’s almost as if the mirrors aren’t even real! The act appeared on Nippon TV’s Masquerade entertainment contest. (r/videos)
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Your barista may be at home, but that doesn’t mean your coffee game should suffer
Gather round, young and old — and hear tales of bygone days. Back in olden times, citizens would mass at a house of coffee, wherein skilled java alchemists would concoct special blends and apply artisanal wizardry to make each steaming chalice an appointment for the taste buds. Granted, said wizards, once known as baristas, were […]
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Everyone needs a first aid kit and these emergency bags could make all the difference
The last few weeks have given us all a lot to think about. As we watched stores close, Costco lines snake through parking lots and items like hand sanitizer and toilet paper disappear everywhere like they were Lady Gaga tickets, there’s one significant takeaway it’s safe to say we all can agree on. We should […]
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Learn to play the piano, but not in that horrible after-school way you’re thinking
Whether it was Bach or Chopin, Ray Charles or Jerry Lee Lewis, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Alicia Keys or Norah Jones, there was someone whose mastery on the piano made you think, wow, I wish I knew how to do that. It’s a singular, almost timeless skill — and if you love music, there’s no […]
