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Answer: The most counter-intuitive thing I've learned is that when you're look.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest What's the most counter-intuitive thing you've learned? Magne Matre Gåsland, Entrepreneur and armchair philosopher 95.5k views The most counter-intuitive thing I've learned is that when you're looking at another human, you're actually looking at a very sophisticated machine. A machine with billio... Read More » Why do Trump supporters (81%) feel life is worse for them today than it would have been 50 years ago? Francis Dickinson, Eclectic Quoran (is one person quorate?) 20.6k views Trump’s dominant demographic is straight white men who are over 50 years old and have no college degree (as the graph in the question shows). This is a group of people who ...  Read More » What are some handy tricks to impress people at a dining table? Carlos Matias La Borde, coder and product guy 177.7k views Put a quarter in the center of the table. Slide it off the edge with your right hand as you might pick a coin up if you couldn't grab the edges. But as you do so, let the c...  Read More » Which jobs are prohibited for the former US presidents? Edward Davies, Operations Manager 143.4k views The other answers are kind of correct, however, not completely. The only position(s) that can be prohibited are those of President and likely (but not conclusively) Vice-pr...  Read More » What is a relatively simple mathematics problem that a lot of people get wrong? Andres Moreira 252.8k views Tie a rope around the Earth's equator. Now untie it, and add one meter of rope. Tie again. How loose will it be? In other words: what will be the distance between the groun...  Read More » What was the craziest thing you've ever seen or written in a resume or CV? Jon Mixon 35.6k views Years ago I was reviewing some resumes for a company which I worked for in Chicago. One that I thought was complete BS stated that the guy had worked for the CIA.. I knew t... Read More » Has Google ever been hacked? Nadi, I'm just a paraplegic that used to walk and kinda good at internet stuff 24.9k views Yes it has. An interesting type of hack happened in 2014. This is George Francis Hotz a.k.a. Geohot. You can thank him for jailbreaking iPhones. You may also remember he jail...  Read More » How can I donate 1,000 chickens to poor African countries? Mike Congrove, I lead a Christian non-profit that empowers Church leaders in South Sudan 118.7k views Please do not do this. Don’t believe me? Watch the documentary Poverty, Inc. Note the church group who donated eggs in Africa and see what happened. They obliterated the egg...  Read More » Why aren’t there more metro employees to help maintain waiting lines in Chinese subways? Evgeny Bakhtin, Russian in China 36.1k views Coincidentally, I have read this question standing in Beijing subway, waiting for a train. So, I have made a picture right now. To me, it seems to be quite organized, no nee...  Read More » What are some things that airline cabin crews know, but won't tell you? Jeremy M. Thompson, News Junkie, NE Asia Watcher, Chinese in previous life, Music Lover 67k views I'm not going to let you know that a pilot is a Federal Flight Deck Officer (affectionately called FFDO). These pilots carry firearms on the plane to protect it from terror... Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Choose which emails we send you through Email Settings or Unsubscribe.