Millennium Problem (Singleton Sock Conjecture)
Why does one sock from every pair vanish in the dryer? A friend suggests the Singleton Sock Conjecture is one of the Millennium Problems, math's million-dollar open questions.
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[At a dryer, holding one sock] "How come one sock from every pair always vanishes in the dryer?" "No idea. Isn't the Singleton Sock Conjecture one of the Millennium Problems?"
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