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Rubik's Cube

A Rubik’s Cube is a toy that is shaped like a cube, but is made up of smaller squares that can rotate in different directions. Each side of the cube is covered by nine squares of the same color, and there are six sides in total.

To play with a Rubik’s Cube, you must twist and turn the smaller squares on the cube to try and get each side to have all nine squares of the same color. This can be very challenging, and can take a lot of time and patience to figure out.

The cube was invented in the 1970s by a man named Erno Rubik, who was a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture. He created the cube as a way to teach his students about geometric shapes and spatial relationships.

Today, the Rubik’s Cube is still a popular toy that can be found in many places around the world. There are also competitions where people try to solve the cube as quickly as possible, or to solve it using only one hand or even blindfolded!