Puzzle-solving is at the heart of every innovation. Faced with a challenge, great thinkers for centuries employed logic, ingenuity, and creative thinking to solve the toughest problems. What resulted were brilliant inventions that changed the world. We’ve honored the original thought-leaders from ancient cultures by connecting their inventions to our brainteasers to create a challenging line of puzzles worthy of the title, True Genius.

Goal: Separate the two pieces.

Legend holds that silk was developed under an ancient Chinese empress more than 5,000 years ago. The intricately-woven luxury fabric became so important to the Chinese economy that even mentioning that silk came from silkworms was punishable by death. Our puzzle dares you to unthread the metal silkworms, unraveling the history of Imperial China’s true genius.