Straws Have Infinite Holes

Straws Have Infinite Holes
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The face you make when your mathematical proof ruins everyone's drinking experience. The Banach-Tarski paradox essentially allows you to decompose a 3D object and reassemble it into two identical copies of the original—which means your straw isn't just a tube with one hole, but potentially contains infinite holes if you slice the mathematical continuum just right. That formal definition ({x ∈ R^2 | 0.5 ≤ ||x|| ≤ 0.6} x [0,5]) is just fancy math-speak for "cylindrical tube that ruins parties." Next time someone asks for a straw, hand them a set theory textbook instead.

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