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- Conterintuitive facts in mathematics, CS, and physics https://axisofordinary.substack.com/p/the-most-counterintuitive-facts-in 323 comments
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- Unexpected hanging paradox - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexpected_hanging_paradox 889 comments
- Monty Hall problem - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem 622 comments
- Banach–Tarski paradox - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach%E2%80%93Tarski_paradox 490 comments
- Birthday problem - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem 462 comments
- Two envelopes problem - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_envelopes_problem 457 comments
- http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~pw/solutions.pdf 427 comments
- Gödel's incompleteness theorems - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_theorems 343 comments
- Potato paradox - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_paradox 281 comments
- Simpson's paradox - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox 275 comments
- Under the ruler faster than the ruler - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-trDF8Yldc 257 comments
- The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hardest_Logic_Puzzle_Ever 253 comments
- Why did everyone miss this SAT Math question? - YouTube https://youtu.be/kN3AOMrnEUs 213 comments
- Hairy ball theorem - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_ball_theorem 207 comments
- Zeno's paradoxes - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradoxes 189 comments
- Mathematics and Computation | Seemingly impossible functional programs http://math.andrej.com/2007/09/28/seemingly-impossible-functional-programs/ 178 comments
- German tank problem - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_tank_problem 149 comments
- 100 prisoners problem - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_prisoners_problem 124 comments
- Weierstrass function - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weierstrass_function 120 comments
- Homomorphic encryption - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption 115 comments
- The Riddle That Seems Impossible Even If You Know The Answer - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSNsgj1OCLA 82 comments
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