In 1967 the Russian scientist M.M. Bongard published a book containing 100 problems. Each problem consists of 12 small boxes: six boxes on the left and six on the right. Each of the six boxes on the left conforms to a certain rule. Each box on the right contradicts this rule. Your task, of course, is to figure out the rule.
1)Bongard problem dates 9**/*****
2)Bongard problem dates 10*/*****
The original Bongard problems were geometrical and thus, in theory, culture free. These dates are western dates, and thus not culture independent. The 2-weekly puzzle column in the Guardian in the past already expanded the scope from geometry to language, but as far as I know the dates are a new territory.
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