The 2011 Purdue Rube Goldberg machine shattered the world record for most steps ever successfully completed by such a machine. In 244 steps, the "Time Machine" traces the history of the world, from the Big Bang to the Apocalypse, before accomplishing the assigned everyday task of watering a flower. The record has been sanctioned by the Guinness Book of World Records and the World Records Academy.
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