G'morning Aleksej, 

 MM> One of the oldest conumdrums he came up with involves an Arab
 MM> family whose head dies,  leaving one half of his 17 camels to his

 ARS> ...
 ARS> Hmm, I already forgot this... Did he add his camel, told
 ARS> them the numbers and took his camel back, leaving them with
 ARS> another problem? ;-)

Right !

Apart from the last bit - what new problem did he leave them with?

You should catch up with Martin Gardner and his writings - he was 
one of the original skeptics,  and his annotated version of `Alice 
in Wonderland' is one of my favourite books...

:-))
 
 
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