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Magic, puzzles & curiosities

Curiosities: magic tricks, illusions, street performance, optical illusions, strange talents, Rube Goldberg machines, record attempts, oddities, mind-bending demos.

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The man with 1,000 Klein Bottles UNDER his house - Numberphile

2.2M views · 8 HN recommenders · 2015–2024

Dani DaOrtiz at Fool US 2022 (the act that Penn and Teller didn’t even try to figure out.)

3.6M views · 5 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine - Official Video

78.2M views · 5 HN recommenders · 2010–2026

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62.6M views · 4 HN recommenders · 2015–2022

[1299] Unpickable Locks From Stuff Made Here

LockPickingLawyer

13.7M views · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

Virtual Barber Shop (Audio...use headphones, close ur eyes)

43.2M views · 4 HN recommenders · 2013–2024

Derren Brown - The System (Full)

408K views · 3 HN recommenders · 2013–2017

Math Encounters -- Five Balls, Two Hands: The Patterns of Juggling -- Colin Wright (Presentation)

National Museum of Mathematics

33K views · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2026

Kostya Kimlat Fools Penn & Teller // Fool Us: Penn's Favorite Card Trick

14.6M views · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

selective attention test

34.2M views · 3 HN recommenders · 2011–2025

Ricky Jay - Amazing Card Trick/Manipulation

3.3M views · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2023

Speaking Piano - Now with (somewhat decent) captions!

2.2M views · 3 HN recommenders · 2010–2023

Pranks Destroy Scam Callers- GlitterBomb Payback

120.4M views · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

Geographical limit between Balkan and Central Europe

3.4M views · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

Quick-sort with Hungarian (Küküllőmenti legényes) folk dance

2.4M views · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2021

Machine with Concrete - Arthur Ganson

1.2M views · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2025

Try this bizarre audio illusion! 👁️👂😮 - BBC

5.8M views · 2 HN recommenders · 2011–2020

Wintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles)

294.3M views · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video

51.7M views · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2026

Math Magic

14M views · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

Best Lenny call ever! "I got to hang up. I cain't do this no longer. No, sir." (14:04)

369K views · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2023

McGurk effect - Auditory Illusion - BBC Horizon Clip

sixesfullofnines

748K views · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2025

AMAZING VIDEO! Man Lifts 20 Ton Block By Hand?

Mystery History

26.1M views · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2024

strandbeest evolution

14.5M views · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2022

Honda - The Cog

14.6M views · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2024

Derren Brown vs 9 Chess Players

1.3M views · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2022

Egg Drop From Space

153.1M views · 4 HN mentions · 2023–2025

Shepard Tone

4M views · 3 HN mentions · 2020–2022

Gary Connery's Wingsuit Landing without using a Parachute

7.6M views · 3 HN mentions · 2015–2022

World Freehand Circle Drawing Champion

41.1M views · 3 HN mentions · 2016–2023

Penn and Teller's Lab Scam

46K views · 3 HN mentions · 2017–2024

Flying Lawnmower

1.1M views · 3 HN mentions · 2009–2014

Smarter Every Day Challenge: Learn the Backwards Brain Bike

5.2M views · 3 HN mentions · 2018–2023

One of a kind Wax Cylinder breaks on camera

702K views · 3 HN mentions · 2016–2021