Rube Goldberg Machine to set new world record, bring on apocalypse

In the event you’ve never seen the increase and fall of humanity as told by a chain of pulleys, levers, and CO2 rockets, now’s your chance — a team of Purdue engineers have built a contraption that not just tells the history of the sector throughout the end of days, but could also be a contender for the realm’s largest Rube Goldberg machine. The Purdue team’s “Time Machine” catalogs a history of dinosaurs, war, and rock ‘n roll before finally culminating in a cataclysmic inferno and efflorescent renewal in 232 steps — narrowly beating out the former record of 230 set by Ferris State University in 2010. Impressive, but not officially the “world’s largest” just yet– the team is submitting a video of a flawless run to Guinness World Records to certify the historic thingamajig, hopefully eking out a victory with its two step lead.

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