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PHOTOS: Rubik's Cube celebrates 40th anniversary

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Monday, May 19, 2014
Erno Rubik, a Professor at the Colleges of Applied Science at Budapest University, pictured in London, Dec. 10, 1981 with his "Rubik Cube". (AP-Photo/John Glanvill)
Eleven year old Jay Brandon of Knoxville, Tenn. gets some advise on Monday, August 16, 1982 from Erno Rubik. (AP Photo/Cindy Waters)
Erno Rubik, the inventor of the Rubik's Cube, poses for The Associated Press at Liberty Science Center, Wednesday, April 25, 2012, in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Erno Rubik, left, the inventor of the Rubik's Cube, reaches out to receive a gold and gemstone version of his cube worth $2.5M. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A visitor uses a touch-screen computer to work on solving the "Groovik's Cube," a 35-foot fully playable illuminated sculpture based on the Rubik's Cube. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Players compete in solving the Rubik's cubes during the final of the 2007 Rubik's Cube World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
A robot, called "Cubinator", solves a Rubik's cube on the final day of the 2007 Rubik's Cube World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Bela Szandels
Thomas Kohn sits underwater in a pool filled with water as he manages to handle a Rubik's Cube during his bet on the German TV show inn Jan. 2007. (AP Photo/Alexandra Beier, Pool)
Oliver Wolff, right, of Germany, sets a new world record by solving a Rubik's Cube with his feet in one minute, 54 seconds.(AP Photo/Walt Disney world, Todd Anderson)
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Erno Rubik, a Professor at the Colleges of Applied Science at Budapest University, pictured in London, Dec. 10, 1981 with his "Rubik Cube". (AP-Photo/John Glanvill)
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