Science is Magic

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Mystify your friends with

money magic in this simple but

impressive coin trick. The best

part? It’s all because of clever

math, so it works

every

time.

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Ask a friend to shake

at least eight coins in

their hands, then lay

the coins on the table.

Secretly count the

number of coins

that are facing

heads up.

Put on a blindfold and tell

your friend to rearrange

the coins as much as they

like, but without lifting

them off the table. Say

that you are now going

to split the coins into

two piles, both of which

will have the same

number of heads.

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YOU WILL NEED

Handful of

same-sized coins

Blindfold (or scarf)

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