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Rubik’s Cube’s mystique remains 40 years later

It couldn’t be simpler invention, but for most, solving a Rubik's Cube is daunting.

06/21/2014 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Rubik’s Cube’s mystique remains 40 years later

Clip: 6/21/2014 | 4m 26s

It couldn’t be simpler invention, but for most, solving a Rubik's Cube is daunting.

In a classic Rubik’s Cube, twenty-six cubes are designed to interlock and rotate around an axis that can be shuffled 43-quintillion ways. It couldn’t be simpler invention, but for most of us, the Rubik's Cube poses a daunting task. This year, the famed cube turns 40 and a new exhibit is proving that time is only adding to the mystique of this cultural icon. NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown reports.

06/21/2014 | Rating NR

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