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Think of a Number
Tell some one to think of any number he likes, but not to tell you what it is. Tell him then to double it. When he has done that, let him add an even number to it, which you must give him. After doing this, he must halve the whole, then from what is left, take away the number he first thought of. When this is completed, if he has counted correctly, you will be able to give him the exact remainder, which will simply be the half of the even number you told him to add to his own. If you see two men on a stage and one is in jeans while the other is in a top hat, tail and a cape, you probably know which one is the magician. Given, in the 21st century, you could be wrong, but rationally the man in the top hat is a magician. This style was set by a magician name Alexander Hermann in approximately 1884.
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