[svedlin]

David Mermin wrote a classic paper that illustrates the strange statistical properties of entanglement in a way that doesn't require any physics knowledge.

http://web.pdx.edu/~pmoeck/lectures/Mermin%20shorter.pdf

"A simple device is described, based on a version of Bell's inequality, whose operation directly demonstrates some of the most peculiar behavior to be found in the atomic world. [...] The extraordinary implications of its behavior should be evident to anyone."

A quick search also turned up this animation that demonstrates Mermin's device:

http://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/BellsTheorem...

[po]

That Mermin PDF is pretty interesting thanks!