Hosted by Brian Brushwood. New episodes Wednesdays.
If Harvard offered a PhD in deceit, this would be it. Award-winning magician Brian Brushwood takes viewers on an inside tour of bar tricks, street cons and scams. If you watch carefully, you'll never have to pay for a drink again! Read More
Hate math? You'll hate it even more after you try to solve these impossible puzzles!
This week, we have 3 unbeatable math puzzles... that don't involve math! Well, maybe just a little math.
-Puzzle the first: Add one, and only one, line to the equation 5+5+5=550 and make it true.
-Question B: Use one number 3 times to add up to 60. The solution CANNOT be 20+20+20=60.
-The last one: Make a true statement using the following numbers and symbols once and only once: 2, 3, 4, 5, +, =
Assignments are due at the end of class. Please show your work.
Many thanks to Michael Barlow, Joe Mattigan, and Jeffrey Cohen for sending us these brain-busters!
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about 11 hours ago
Fresh off the presses, the latest Scam School is now up, and it's the HARDEST puzzle to date! http://t.co/NMyxfyGva5
14 days ago
Try to fool your friends with these SWEET dice tricks: http://t.co/zOM5K5Ahua
28 days ago
3 simple scams to score free drinks using forks & spoons! @shwood shows you how it's done: http://t.co/BCkRS7WDOc
about a month ago
New episode of Scam School out! This time we give you real-life skills to become a memory GENIUS: http://t.co/Bbcn514V7Y
about a month ago
Whoa: today is the 5-year anniversary of the launch of @ScamSchool! It's been 265 episodes and we're still growing... Can't believe it.
2 months ago
This week's Scam School is really, really, really cool: http://t.co/0QbUPWagrD
