Most mind-blowing C# hack you’ve ever seen?

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In the same spirit as the "Hidden features of X?" series, what are the most mind-blowingly well-executed "I didn't even think the language could do that!" hacks that you've ever seen in C#.

For example, a favorite of mine from a while ago is a full ray tracer implemented in a single (complex) LINQ statement.

(Note: this is a community wiki question to avoid the appearance of reputation-whoring.)

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