An African Bull Frog is teased by an ant game.
This frog, also known as a Pixie frog, can weigh over 4 pounds. Continue reading “How to fool a frog with fake bug technology”
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How magicians fool magicians
A conjurer can be secretly
placing a ball under a cup. Continue reading “How magicians fool magicians”
Fool me once, shame on me, rob me twice…
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| Michael Quiroz, McDonald’s robber |
Magicians have a saying: "Never do the same trick twice." That’s because even though you might get away with it the first time, the next time you’re more likely to be discovered. Continue reading “Fool me once, shame on me, rob me twice…”
You can’t fool Norman Bates
"She might have fooled me, but she didn’t
fool my mother." – Norman Bates
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Watch the Ghost Army fool the enemy
This tank, it’s not real.
Over a year ago, I wrote about Rick Beyer trying to finish his documentary on the Ghost Army, a secretive American squad that used various techniques to fool the enemy during World War 2. Continue reading “Watch the Ghost Army fool the enemy”
Two schemes to fool the tooth fairy
In Bill Watterson’s comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes," Calvin tries to deceive the tooth fairy using the substitute corn kernel ploy, thereby exploiting the rushed nature of her work. Continue reading “Two schemes to fool the tooth fairy”
Is it moral to fool the immoral? One reporter’s tale
Journalist Nellie Bly went undercover
Very few news organizations practice major investigative journalism on subjects that matter, even though there’s an honorable history of uncovering stories using deception, such as Nellie Bly pretending to be insane in 1887 to reveal hideous abuses in a New York lunatic asylum. Continue reading “Is it moral to fool the immoral? One reporter’s tale”
Meryl Streep wants to fool the other actors
Designers aged her with
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How to fool court-ordered monitoring equipment
It only works for some of us.
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How homosexuals fool their parents in China
A reporter visits a fake marriage market in Shanghai. Continue reading “How homosexuals fool their parents in China”