It is often said that true magicians never reveal their secrets. But in the age of technology, it is becoming increasingly difficult to hide a reasonable explanation from a skeptical observer.

The secret of this trick, very popular among street magicians, lies in the cleverly hidden metal frame. That is why the magicians who perform it often stand in a way that perfectly hides the end of their wand or staff

The position must be really uncomfortable

This trick involves rubbing phosphorus between your fingers. The phosphorus can be separated from the match heads and pulverized.

How do you make a huge truck disappear when it's surrounded on all sides by the audience? Easy! All you have to do is put a special construction over the truck, create a fake audience with your friends and ask someone to drive the truck out of the construction. When you take off the curtains, the truck won't be there. Now it's clear why this trick is only seen on TV.

The trick is usually performed in muddy or unclear rivers or in artificial waters such as swimming pools. The main goal is to make a platform made of glass or clear plastic largely invisible to the public. Now you can walk on water without being the son of God.

The magician asks someone from the audience to put his signature on a random card. Then he tears it into 4 parts and magically restores the signed card in front of the amazed audience. The secret is very simple: the illusionist has a folded card in his pocket, and he uses it to replace the signed card. The hidden card is torn, and the signed one is absolutely safe.

The halving illusion only works if you look at the performer from the front. From the side you can see that it is a plastic doll from the knee to the waist. Baggy clothes and posture create the perfect illusion of a man holding his own legs.

The mechanical saw does not cut anything. The bodies of two assistants are placed so that it looks like the person is cut in half.

This trick by David Blane is popular all over the world. The magician takes 2 plastic coffee cups, cuts one of them in half and fills it with coins. Then he makes a small hole in the bottom of the big cup, puts a sponge in it and puts the cup with the coins on it. Now all he has to do is stick his finger in the hole. The small cup goes up and releases the coins, and the coffee is absorbed by the sponge. The rest is just acting!

The magician uses a special card holder and places it on the back of his hand. With a skillful movement he pulls the cards "out of thin air". Some magicians can do this without a tool, but they really need to master their skills in order not to get caught.

This trick requires a lot of preparation and dexterity. The magician exchanges a bullet signed by a spectator for a ball of wax and loads duplicates into his gun. When the gun fires, the wax ball melts and the spray of hot wax causes holes in the glass. The magician takes the original bullet out of its case and hides it in his mouth

The key to success here are tiny holes at the top of the balloon. The magician puts a balloon in his mouth and presses it against his tongue so that the air escapes. This creates the illusion that the magician is eating the balloon. But he has to hurry after blowing up the balloon if he doesn't want to get caught!

It is completely based on the laws of physics. A real truck runs over the unprotected magician without hurting him. The key to the successful trick is a set of counterweights on the other side of the truck, which are not visible to the audience. The weights shift the balance of the truck so that the wheels on the lighter side can roll over the magician.

To perform this trick, you need an extremely thin rubber band and a pencil that you can hide in your sleeve. Depending on the object you want to levitate, the technique may be different, but the basic idea remains the same: attach the carrier so that no one can see it and turn on your magic!

The magician takes a glass, fills it with water, puts a piece of cardboard on the glass and then turns it upside down. The cardboard holds the water inside the glass because of the vacuum. But why doesn't the water come out when the magician takes away the cardboard? There is a small hole on the bottom of the jar through which he can create the vacuum and hold or release the water. A transparent lid also helps the water to stay in place.

This image went viral, but it's just an optical illusion created by Zach King for Action Cam as part of Sony's Never Before Seen series. With a camera on his back and a TV monitor mounted on his chest, King walks through a college campus and surprises people by giving the appearance of being transparent.

In this large box are mannequins, while the woman sits on the seat closest to the floor.

This famous trick involves only one pocket in which the rabbit is placed before being pulled through a hole in the table!

A magician needs specially cut screens to move a hand through mirrors or glass. The back wall includes 2 mirror screens. When the performance starts, the whole construction moves the real mirror to the back and moves 2 fake mirror panels to the front. Now there is a field to move a hand. At the end of the performance, the assistants move the real mirror back to the front.

This trick, performed by James More in Britain's Got Talent, has a simple explanation. The magician has a special construction under his clothes. When he falls on the "sharp" sword, its tip hides and he balances. On his chest there is a mechanism that pushes out a fake sword. This makes it look like the magician was impaled on the sword.

For some performers, learning to swallow a sword can take years, as it is an extremely dangerous exercise. However, fakirs from all over the world amaze people with the ability to swallow a sword easily. The trick requires a lot of physical and psychological preparation. The illusionist positions his head so that his neck and stomach form a straight line and are not hurt by the sword.