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clock-iconPUBLISHEDMay 7, 2016

Can You Figure Out How This Viral "Infinite Chocolate" Trick Works?

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Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture.

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The source for infinite chocolate has been found. Kind of.

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This video from SoFlo shows how you can appear to produce extra chocolate by slicing up a bar in a specific way. It is a variation on the classic “missing square puzzle.”

 

 

Of course, and unfortunately, it's just an optical illusion. Although it can’t be fully appreciated with the naked eye, the diagonal line actually very subtly bends inwards, therefore making up for the space lost in the single square.


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