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One of the greatest ... I've ever seen was an Italian ... called Lorenzo the Great. In front of a huge audience which included several ... from the local press, he actually managed to ... that telepathy is possible. First, he gave me a book by a famous ... and he asked me to look ... at the cover.
There was nothing ... about the book. Next, Lorenzo told me to ... a word from any page and tell him the first letter. Then he sat down at a ... and typed the word I had been looking at in the book. I cannot think of a ... explanation for his success and I'm a professional ... .