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  2. Plate trick - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics and physics, the plate trick, also known as Dirac's string trick (after Paul Dirac, who introduced and popularized it), [1] [2] the belt trick, or the Balinese cup trick (it appears in the Balinese candle dance), is any of several demonstrations of the idea that rotating an object with strings attached to it by 360 degrees does not return the system to its original state, while ...

  3. Cup-and-ball - Wikipedia

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    Cup-and-ball (or ball in a cup) or ring and pin is a traditional children's toy. It is generally a wooden handle to which a small ball is attached by a string and that has one or two cups, or a spike , upon which the player tries to catch the ball.

  4. Kendama - Wikipedia

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    Put the bead on the end of the string coming out of the ana and tie a knot to lock the bead in. Put the untied end of the string through one of the two holes in the sarado. (Note: For a right-handed kendama, hold the sarado up so that the big cup is on the right side and put the string through the hole that is facing self. For a left-handed ...

  5. Cup game - Wikipedia

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    Pick up the cup with the right hand and move it to the right; Beat #4: Put the cup down onto the table (still upside down) with a firm percussive motion; Beat #1: Clap once Pick up the cup with the right hand so that the cup is now right-side up; Beat #2: Tap the top of the cup (the open end of the cup) with the flat of the left hand so as to ...

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  7. Rube Goldberg machine - Wikipedia

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    Toucan jumps after cracker and perch (F) tilts, upsetting seeds (G) into pail (H). Extra weight in pail pulls cord (I), which opens and ignites lighter (J), setting off skyrocket (K), which causes sickle (L) to cut string (M), allowing pendulum with attached napkin to swing back and forth, thereby wiping chin.

  8. Diabolo - Wikipedia

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    The diabolo is tossed in the air and then caught. The diabolist can do a turn in place or a skip over the string while the diabolo is in the air. Trapeze/stopover: The diabolo goes under a stick and the stick touches the string, making the diabolo swing around the stick and land back on the string. Cats cradle/spiderweb: This trick starts with ...

  9. Cups and balls - Wikipedia

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    Christian Farla performs Cups and Balls on stage.. The most widely performed version of the effect uses three cups and three small balls. [11] The magician makes the balls appear to pass through the solid bottoms of the cups, jump from cup to cup, disappear from the cup and appear in other places, or vanish from various places and reappear under the cups (sometimes under the same cup), often ...