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Using swinging rings to spell words

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Similar to other swinging object tricks, this involves suspending a ring over a grid of letters. As the ring arbitrarily swings toward different letters, you supposedly get answers. It's a spelling test governed by hand tremors.

Using swinging rings to spell words
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