So a few weeks back I was talking with a friend about how "magical" something was (I can't recall what exactly the topic was), and I mentioned "That's some David Copperfield shit". This wound up sending me down the rabbit hole of Youtubing David Copperfield tricks. My favorite of which was this:
Fast-forward a few weeks to today, and another friend that I tried to drag down that Youtubing path with me just IM'd me the explanation of how the trick was done.
http://www.mallusionist.com/magicians/david-copperfield/cut-in-half.shtml