Here's a hump day Wednesday dare for you: watch this video without cracking a smile.

That was magician Yan Markson's mission for a day. "All it takes is a simple trick to put smiles on people's faces!" he writes in the video decription. To prove his point, he went around Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal to perform a simple magic trick. His goal? To put a smile on people's faces! Watch the video below to find out if he was able to accomplish his mission.

(Screencap courtesy of YouTube)