Rube Goldberg Machine college nationals

by Verge Video

Apr 22, 2015, 2:58 PM UTC

We headed to Columbus, Ohio for the 2015 Rube Goldberg Machine college nationals contest. The challenge: erase a chalkboard in the most whimsical, over-elaborate way possible.

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