Being talented or gifted is the ability to take something complicated and make it look simple, like this juggler for example.
Century Eggs (aka thousand-year eggs or millennium eggs), are not preserved for a millennium, 1000 years, or even a century. The process actually takes a few weeks to a few months, and involves soaking eggs in a saline solution. Duck, quail or chicken egg
Magic sword trick. The sword moves so quickly that the eye and the brain cannot see the sword moving, in reality the sword moves in the opposite direction each time therefore it does not cross the toothpick.