I Don't Want All the Answers While the Magic Is Still There

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Here's some breaking news. You cannot make an elephant disappear into thin air. Nor can you walk though the Great Wall of China, catch a bullet between your teeth, or saw a woman in half and watch as she wiggles her toes.

You can't even climb a rope magically suspended in the air if you happen to be a small boy.

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I Don't Want All the Answers While the Magic Is Still There

This much was proved by a Scottish professor who revealed the famous Indian Rope Trick as a mere a hoax dreamed up by the Chicago Tribune to sell more papers.

They even bylined the piece 'Fred S. Ellmore' to give people a clue, but not until 2001 did Peter Lamont, a former president of the Magic Circle no less, uncover the cynical origins of the illusion after a five-year investigation.

He was kind of wasting h...

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