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You have a cigarette in your hand. Throw it up - in the air it will turn into a "magic wand"!

Focus secret:

The "Magic Wand" is made from a strip of celluloid rolled into a cylinder, the middle of which is dyed black and the ends white. A strip of celluloid about 6 cm wide and 30 cm long is rolled up into a tube about 1 cm in diameter and 30 cm long. In this state, the cylinder is "hardened" in boiling water and then firmly maintains its shape.

The same strip of celluloid is folded across its "tempered" direction before demonstration. In this case, a white tube is obtained, perfectly imitating a cigarette 6 cm long and slightly more than 1 cm in diameter. In this folded position, this roll must be somehow fixed, since the celluloid strip has a constant opportunity to turn around and form a "magic wand".

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