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What are some tips for solving a Rubik's cube?

Beginners typically view the Rubik's cube as having six faces, since that's how many colors it has. However, players should view it as a 26 piece puzzle with three types of pieces. The cube has eight corner pieces, each with three colors, and 12 edge pieces, each with two colors. The six center pieces only have one color, and since they are attached to the core, they're solved automatically. The player should focus on bringing the corners and edges to the center pieces.\nThe player should solve one layer at a time, beginning with the top layer and then moving to the middle layer..

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How do you play PS2 games on PS3?

The PlayStation 3 system uses Blu-ray encoding for its disc-based games, rather than the CD/DVD encoding used on the original PlayStation and the PlayStation 2. Making the PS3 backwards compatible required Sony to install a second optical reader to accommodate the different data types. Because of the increased cost, this was only done on a limited number of PS3 systems. A complete list of compatible and incompatible PlayStation 3 systems arranged by model number can be found on PlayStation.com. The final backwards compatible PS3 system was model number CECHE01, released in August 2007.\nMany o..

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Who is Silver the hedgehog in the "Sonic the Hedgehog" games?

He is a silver-furred hedgehog that lived 200 years in the future before traveling back to Sonic's time. Silver uses telekinesis to levitate objects, sometimes as a method of attacking. In the plot of "Sonic the Hedgehog," Silver initially time travels with the purpose of killing Sonic, believing this would improve Silver's future. However, by the end of the game, Silver ends up as Sonic's partner. Silver later appears in "Sonic Rivals," "Sonic Generations," "Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games" and "Super Smash Bros. Brawl."

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What is the "when is a door not a door" riddle?

This riddle is an example of a pun. A pun is a type of joke that derives its humor from the use of a single word which has multiple meanings, or the use of two or more words that are alike or nearly alike in sound, but have different meanings. The use of puns can be traced back as far as the 7th Century BC where they appeared in Sanskrit Literature.

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What are some hard riddles for kids?

Here's a difficult riddle involving logic: A man hangs his hat and closes his eyes. Then he walks 500 yards, turns around with his eyes still shut and shoots a hole in his hat. How did he do it? The answer: His hat was hanging on the barrel of his gun. Kids who love logic, math and sweets enjoy this one: A little boy has 210 candy canes. If the boy buys 10 more candy canes, he will have 220. He gave away 12. How many candy canes does the boy have now? The answer is 198, because the riddle said "if" he buys more. Kids who giggle at animals and nonsense get a kick out of this one: a cat and..

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How do you find printable SpongeBob coloring pages?

To find SpongeBob coloring pages on ColoringBookFun.com, click on Characters from the homepage to open up an alphabetized list of available coloring page character themes, and then scroll down to the SpongeBob Coloring Pages link. On EducationalColoringPages.com, enter “SpongeBob” in the search box on the page, click Search, and then click the SpongeBob Coloring Pages link from the search results. On TheBikiniBottom.com, browse available coloring pages on the homepage and then click on the desired pages to pull up enlarged versions to print.

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What are some shadow box ideas?

Parents can capture childhood moments by designing baby shadow boxes for their children. The color scheme can be inspired by traditional newborn colors, and parents can choose personalized items, such as baby hats, socks, bows, booties, block letter initials, hospital cards and diapers.\nOld family jewelry or costume jewelry can be transformed into eye-catching artwork with a shadow box treatment. Buying or creating shadow boxes with fabric backing, such as linen, makes it easy to insert pins and hang necklaces, earrings, brooches and bracelets. Straight pins with decorative heads give the sha..

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Where can you buy Pokemon plush toys?

Pokémon Center gives customers Pokémon plush toys in standard, large, trainer and jumbo sizes. Each toy listing displays an image of the product, the name, size and the price. The size is in inches, and clicking on each product reveals additional information including the rating from previous customers.\nCustomers on Toy Wiz can browse through various categories of Pokémon plush toys according to size. Available categories include 5 and 6-inch plush toys, larger and deluxe toys, and 3-inch toys. Each category holds a list of related toys, each toy listing showing the name, size and price. L..

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How do you crochet a bracelet with your fingers?

Gather suppliesThe only supplies needed are your hands and string to make the bracelet. Leather lacing, rope and even fabric scraps can be used to crochet.Make a slip knotAt one end of the string, form a loop, and pull the longer end through the loop as a loop. Tighten the slip knot by pulling the loop while holding the ends of the string.\n\nPlace the loop around your index finger, and tug on the longer string to tighten the loop around the finger.Crochet the braceletHold the short end of the string between the thumb and the middle finger. Wrap the long end of the string over the index finger..

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Who appears on the 1776-1976 commemorative half dollar?

Artist Seth G. Huntington designed and engraved the 1976 Kennedy Half Dollar. The reverse side of the coin shows the image of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the site of the signing of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. The words "200 Years of Freedom" are written beside the image of Independence Hall in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the United States.

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