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Number puzzles can feel mathematical even when the arithmetic is trivial; the real work is often structure, ordering and exclusion. Put that beside this bit of history: Ernő Rubik designed his famous cube in the 1970s as a way to explore three-dimensional movement before it became a worldwide puzzle phenomenon. A hint used one second too late is not help; it is an accusation.

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Pentominoes are shapes made from five equal squares joined edge to edge. There are twelve distinct free pentominoes, and fitting them into rectangles can become surprisingly difficult. A separate bit of trivia: A Möbius strip has only one side and one edge. Make one from paper with a half-twist, draw a line without lifting the pencil, and eventually you return to the starting point after covering what looked like both sides.