The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/AliveLingonberry2269 on 2024-11-14 18:12:34.

Original Title: TIL in 1973, illusionist Uri Geller, famous for spoon bending acts, tricked the CIA into believing he had psychic powers. During classified experiments at Stanford Research Institute, he replicated hidden drawings convincingly using stage magic.