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counter-intuitive

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(idea) by heathen_bastard (3.8 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sun Nov 14 1999 at 9:08:31

Something that is not intuitively true. An example: bicycles and motorcycles are actully steered by pushing the bars in the direction opposite of the turn (countersteering).

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