Take an A4 piece of paper.
Cut it in half as you can see here.
Then place one half of the paper so that half is on the desktop and half is hanging off.
Take a one pound coin and try to balance it on one side.
You've now got to try and whip the paper out from underneath without disturbing the coin.

Sounds tricky but it's very possible! Lick your fingers to make them sticky...
...now place your fingers down really really fast on the piece of paper that's hanging over the desktop.
Eureka!
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