[ WP ] Scientists have solved the mystery of why headphones always tangle , causing huge advances in science/technology .

‘ Entropy, ’ yelled Mr. Doe causing three students to jump in their seats. He slammed the door behind him. 
 
 ‘ is a measure of the number of different ways a thermodynamic system can be arranged, ’ he continued as he marched to the front of the classroom, ‘ and not, Simmonds? ’ 
 
 Simmonds looked around dumb for a second before his brain kicked in and said parrot like, ‘ a measure of disorder. ’ 
 
 ‘ Very good Mr. Simmonds. Everybody please take out your headphones and turn to page 132 in your Clausius Texts. ’ The whole class began rustling in their bags and pockets pulling out their tangled bundles of wire. 
 
 ‘ I ’ m disappointed to see we still haven ’ t taken our earlier lessons to heart, ’ said Mr. Doe looking at the small black tumble weeds sitting on each individual students desk, ‘ although unlikely, it is still possible to accidentally create any number of problems from an uncontrolled tangle, which is why we must keep headphones and cord secured in a controlled state! ’ 
 
 The teenagers looked at each other sheepishly. Unlikely was an understatement. Never had an accidental tangle caused anything other than annoyance to the user of the headphones. The really complex and beautiful tangles used to power the dark matter generators had taken tangologists decades to perfect. 

