Watch: A Baffling, Deviously Clever Rube Goldberg Machine

This contraption sets itself apart from the rest with one very simple twist.

If you’ve seen one Rube Goldberg machine, you’ve sort of seen them all. Or, as David Dvir puts it, "a Rube is a Rube is a Rube." His company, 2D House, has been making Rube Goldberg machines for clients for over a year now (and making Rube Goldberg machines to let clients know they make Rube Goldberg machines), and at this point, even he sounds a little bit burned out on the things. But his company’s latest effort, Isaac Newton vs. Rube Goldberg , goes a bit outside the box to keep things interesting. Or maybe just outside the frame. If you haven’t clicked play yet, you should, because there are spoilers ahead.

Yup, it was all a dream. Er, wrong twist. Right, here we go: Everything you saw in the first half of that clip actually happened upside-down. And if watching it made your brain tickle a bit, well, think about building it.

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