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How did David Copperfield's skills help him avoid a mugging?

David Copperfield once tricked real robbers with sleight of hand. In 2006, he and two assistants were walking down the street after a speech, when teenagers with weapons in their hands ran out of a stopped car and ordered them to lay out all their valuables. The assistants obeyed, handing over money, phones and passports, but Copperfield did not do this, although he had all of the above with him. The robbers saw only his empty inside-out pockets and fled, and were soon caught by the police.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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