The Rubik's Cube Was Invented in Budapest — And Most People Don't Know That
Most people have held one. Almost nobody knows where it came from. The Rubik's Cube was invented in Budapest in 1974 by a quiet architecture professor named Ernő Rubik — and the city still pays tribute to it in ways most visitors never notice.
15 Hungarian Inventions That Changed the World (And Most People Don't Know Are Hungarian)
The Rubik's Cube, the ballpoint pen, the hologram, vitamin C, the modern computer, the hydrogen bomb — all Hungarian. Walking the streets of Budapest, you are walking past the houses, schools, and laboratories where some of these ideas were born. Here's what every visitor should know.