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When packing 17 small squares into one large square, tilting them at odd angles is mathematically more efficient than neat alignment. The best known packing has a remarkably ugly, asymmetric arrangement, though it has not yet been proven optimal.
Claude Shannon's "Shannon's Demon": in a market alternating +50% and -33% daily, leaving money invested yields zero return. But investing half your wealth each time turns 10,000 won into 17.65 million won in a year—a 1,765x return from the same market.