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What is the most counterintuitive thing you know to be true?
hygienicdispenser Posted May 16, 2012
Yes, the oils are less dense than the watery bits.
What is the most counterintuitive thing you know to be true?
You can call me TC Posted May 16, 2012
Blowing on a flame can make it flare up. Blowing on a flame can also put it out.
What is the most counterintuitive thing you know to be true?
Icy North Posted May 16, 2012
That the aerofoil works.
What is the most counterintuitive thing you know to be true?
winternights Posted May 16, 2012
That the Coriolis effect could determine the way the water goes down your plug hole
What is the most counterintuitive thing you know to be true?
TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted May 16, 2012
I think paulh (post 3) is the best one yet. White light is very counterintuitive.
But my own favourite has to be relativity. The universe has no metronome. There is no fixed reference point. What?!
TRiG.
What is the most counterintuitive thing you know to be true?
winternights Posted May 16, 2012
What
“no metronome“, please
don’t tell me that time does not originate from a Grandfather clock in the outer most reaches of the 
too. 
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