match and coin experiment

This is something I downloaded from the Best of You Tube podcast. The coin sits on an empty match box. One match is standing in a hole with the flamable end up. The non-flamable end of another match sits on a coin while the flamable end touches the flamable end of the match that is in the hole. How to pick up the coin without touching the matches?



Light the leaning match BELOW the flamable end. After the matches burn, calmly pick up the coin. I don't know, but I think the top of the burning match burns quicker than the bottom and thus the material on the upper end contracts more quickly than the bottom. Therefore, the match bends up.