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Rubik's Cube: 40 Years Old and Never Meant To Be a Toy

Posted by samzenpus on from the don't-peel-the-stickers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The greatest geek toy ever invented turns 40 today and to celebrate there's an interactive Google Doodle, and the Telegraph has a short history of the toy. 'There are only a handful of toys that last more than a generation. But the Rubik's cube, which celebrates its 40th birthday, now joins the likes of Barbie, Play-Doh, Lego and the Slinky, as one of the great survivors in the toy cupboard. What makes its success all the remarkable is that it did not start out as a toy. The Rubik's cube was invented in 1974 by Erno Rubik, a Hungarian architect, who wanted a working model to help explain three-dimensional geometry.'"

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  1. Hajrá Magyarország! by stoolpigeon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hajrá Magyarok!

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    1. Re:Hajrá Magyarország! by StripedCow · · Score: 4, Funny

      I take it that means "first post"?

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    2. Re:Hajrá Magyarország! by shikaisi · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, it means "My hovercraft is full of eels"

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  2. 40 years and I still can't solve it by jfdavis668 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Never did learn how to solve it.

    1. Re:40 years and I still can't solve it by OakDragon · · Score: 3, Funny
      As a person who was jealous of those that actually could solve it, this was my favorite joke on them:
      1. Take one of their solved cubes.
      2. Break it apart
      3. Put it back, EXCEPT rotating one edge piece so that the colors would not align
      4. Mix it up good
      5. ???
      6. Profit!

      I'm not sure, but I imagined this would make it unsolvable.

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