It seems I can't let this BMW motorcycle pulling the tablecloth trick go. Hopefully, you have seen the recent episode of MythBusters where they try to reproduce the commercial (please don't make me re ...

The Brilliant Tablecloth Trick We Wish We’d Known About Sooner originally appeared on Parade. When it comes to hosting, everyone loves talking about the food, the centerpiece, the playlist, even the ...

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, for the fantastic feats of Chill Pope! Today, he’s showing off a classic: The old ‘yank a tablecloth, leaving everything else on the table undisturbed’ trick. It’s ...

On 30 September 2015, daytime talk show host Ellen Degeneres unveiled a video purportedly showing the Pope achieving the latter feat: The above-displayed video was obviously a joke. Ellen's set up of ...

A decade ago, BMW’s S 1000 RR pulled off the old tablecoth trick, ripping it right from under the crockery, cutlery and glassware, but now Triumph has botched the same trick with their Rocket 3. We’re ...

If you’re familiar with Newton's First Law of Physics, you know there’s really nothing magical about the age-old tablecloth trick—the one where someone swiftly pulls the fabric off a set table, ...

This article was taken from the June 2014 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on ...

Here's an experiment you can try at the Thanksgiving Day dinner table. n Several heavy dishes n Tablecloth without a hem n Square table with an edge STEP 1: Place the tablecloth on the table and then ...

There is not a lot of supplemental information needed in these clips of a man doing the tablecloth trick. You know the one: A table is set up with meticulous dinnerware, maybe a tall candelabra and a ...

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