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Here is an oldie but goodie. GreenWaveFlix @ Metacafe has a neat trick in which you tilt an open and full RedBull can upside down as the liquid magically stays inside of it. Totally impromptu and easy to do.

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The other day we wrote a post on the firing of Jim Piculas, a Florida middle school teacher, who lost his job for performing the vanishing toothpick magic trick. Well as if this story was not already wound with a kind of humor to it, apparently Steven Colbert has broadcast a segment on the very same story. Check it out below.

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Brian Brushwood @ Scam School publishes a killer free podcast of tons of Bar Bets, Stunts, and tricks for all you social bodies out there. Below are a few embeds of some of our favorite episodes but be sure and stop by the Scam School site where they have many many more. A great site for the bar goer.

Aight peep this. This is a bit of an old story but its the first I’ve hear of it. Apparently a Florida school teacher has lost his job after being accused of “Wizardry”. WTF?!?!?! Isn’t that a little 17th century? Supposedly the teacher performed what sounds to me like the disappearing toothpick trick that Cris Angel revealed many seasons ago on Mindfreak, to his middle school class. The school district is claiming that it wasn’t just because of the “Wizardry” and that the teacher had other performance issues by “not following lesson plans” however the teacher is claiming that he was never aware of such accusations. The teacher goes on to state that “I still have no idea what my discipline involves because I’ve never received anything from the school district actually saying what it entails,”. I guess that’s at-will employment for ya folks. WIZARDRY!!! Cummon, Seriously? Apparently they ain’t got no cable down in dat der Pasco County.</redneck> Well I guess at least they didn’t burn the poor guy for witchcraft. Comments are welcome.
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David Zanthor Rules!! I crack up just looking at this dude’s facial expressions. But if there is one thing to learn from him other than his trick explanations, its that any clumsy, overly cocky dude (despite overly fat fingers) can perform mind blowing street magic. BTW Did I mention that Zanthor Rules!

This one is slightly related to one of our previous posts titled “InstaSnow - Magic Instant Snow“. Slyyde @ Metacafe has a nice liquid to solid magic trick tutorial. Once again, diapers are the magic medium here. What the hell? Why are diapers all of a sudden so magical?

This one is not quite magic, but it almost looks like it. Below is a cool little video from Art Vandelay @ 5min.com on balancing 17 dominoes on 1 making for a killer illusion for you to do at your next party. Give it a try.

This time its with a ping pong ball. A while back we posted something on creating a pk ring triggered glowing orb from ice. Read the post here if you are unfamiliar. dcmania21 @ instructables has made a how-to on something similar, but he uses a ping pong ball instead. This would eliminate the melting factor thus being slightly more practical and permanent. Link to instructable…