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Abracadabra! 5 impressive party tricks to help warm up your winter

Brandpoint (BPT)
Posted 2/16/16

(BPT) - It’s that time of year again— the excitement and stress of the holidays are over and the novelty of staying in for a cozy night of hot drinks and movies has worn off. You’ve read all the books on your list, binge-watched TV shows until …

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Abracadabra! 5 impressive party tricks to help warm up your winter

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Brandpoint (BPT)

(BPT) - It’s that time of year again— the excitement and stress of the holidays are over and the novelty of staying in for a cozy night of hot drinks and movies has worn off. You’ve read all the books on your list, binge-watched TV shows until your eyes hurt and, at this point, you couldn’t care less about sitting around one more fire.

It’s still cold outside, and you and all of your friends are more than a little stir-crazy. Cabin fever has set in. You need something new, something to revitalize the dreary few months before spring. You need something as magical as that Aflac Duck you’ve seen around, paying claims in just one day.

To wow your friends and help you get over that case of cabin fever, here are five party tricks that are both incredible to watch and easy enough to perform in just three easy steps:

1. Sliced banana

Materials needed: Banana, unpeeled, and a sewing needle
  1. Poke a sewing needle into the skin of a banana, making sure it doesn’t go all the way through.
  2. Move the needle back and forth so it slices through the inner fruit.
  3. Perform the above steps multiple times along the length of the banana so when someone opens it, they’ll be surprised to find their banana has come pre-sliced! Don’t wait too long between prep and showtime on this one – or else the marks may turn brown and reveal your secret!

2. Make a coffee cup float

Materials needed: Foam cup
  1. Holding a foam cup, punch a hole in the side of it with your thumb.
  2. Insert your thumb in the hole so it can hold up the cup.
  3. Slowly open your hand, letting go of the cup. With your thumb in place, it will appear as if you’re making it float! Make sure to play up the theatrics on this one to distract your audience from your thumb as much as possible.

3. Easily turn a supplemental insurance claim into money

Materials needed: Aflac supplemental insurance policy, such as accident, critical illness or cancer insurance, computer, and scanner, camera or smartphone
  1. Process: Submit your claim online using SmartClaim. The Aflac system will guide you along every step of the way so your claim can be processed quickly.
  2. Approve: Scan or take a quick picture of the required documents and upload them electronically.
  3. Pay: Submit your claim before 3 p.m. ET, Monday-Friday, and Aflac can have it paid in just one business day.

4. Pour a mountain of ice out of a water bottle

Materials needed: Shallow plate, water, bottle of water and freezer
  1. Prepare a flat surface of ice. To do this, simply fill a shallow plate with water and freeze it solid.
  2. Put a bottle of water in the freezer for about two hours, or until it’s almost frozen.
  3. Pour the very cold, but not yet frozen, water onto the prepared ice surface. As you do, it will instantly freeze, creating a solid mound of ice. Why? Because of science, that’s why.

5. Stick a pen through a bag of water

Materials needed: Plastic baggie, water and ballpoint pen
  1. This trick is as easy as they get. Even that Aflac Duck – who’s a pretty horrible magician – can probably do this one.
  2. Fill a plastic baggie with water and poke a ballpoint pen right through it.
  3. The molecules bond around the pen and create a seal so it won’t leak. Amazing!

It might seem like the ultimate magic trick to get an insurance claim paid in just one day, but with Aflac, it’s as easy as 1-2-3! To learn more about One Day Pay(SM) or to make a little magic of your own, visit aflac.com/magic and play Magic Match!

Aflac processes most properly documented, individual claims submitted online through Aflac SmartClaim(R) by 3 p.m. ET, Monday-Friday, on the same day, with payment generally disbursed the following day. Individual Company Statistic, 2015.