puzzles
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Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Can You Match Wits With Matchsticks?
The modern matchstick was invented in the early 1800s. The initial iterations suffered from assorted defects like violent flares, rancid chemicals, and a tendency to cause factory workers’ jaws to rot. Once they ironed out the kinks, the little torches spread like wildfire. To distinguish themselves in a new competitive market, many companies began to…
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How Do You Solve a Rubik’s Cube?
How do you solve a Rubik’s cube? Here’s a great guide for beginners, but you’ll need to pay attention to the colours and concentrate.
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Sneaky NY Times Crossword Breaks Star Wars, Star Trek Fans’ Brains
The debate between Star Trek and Star Wars is older than time — I know it’s older than I am anyway — and it reared its head as recently as the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle, which poses a brain-breaking question.
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This Smart Rubik’s Cube Is Teaching Me How to Solve One After 40 Years of Failure
A robot built out of Lego can solve a Rubik’s Cube in about 3.2 seconds, but some 40 years after I first picked up the iconic puzzle, I’ve yet to solve it on my own. I assumed that successfully unscrambling a cube would forever remain on my bucket list, but a smart Rubik’s Cube is…