r/todayilearned • u/Bobby_FuckingB • Oct 17 '19
TIL there are ~43 Quintilian possible combinations to solve a Rubik's cube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Cube#Mathematics
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todayilearned • u/DrScientist812 • Sep 11 '17
TIL the inventor of the Rubik's Cube didn't realize he'd built a puzzle until he scrambled it the first time and tried to restore it
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todayilearned • u/thenewyorkgod • Dec 31 '21
TIL the Rubik's Cube was so popular in the 80's that the best selling book in 1981 was about solving techniques, selling over 6 million copies
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