The famous illusion of pulling a rabbit out of a hat is one of the most iconic images in magic—but its history is surprisingly recent and not as ancient as many think. 🎩 It began in the early 19th century (around the 1830s). The trick is widely credited to Louis Comte, a French magician who is believed to be the first performer to publicly pull a rabbit from a hat. Comte used the hat—normally a symbol of respectability and fashion at the time—and transformed it into an impossible container of m