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Added on: 19th Apr 2016

 

 

THE LEGO GROUP WAS FOUNDED IN 1932 IN DENMARK.

IT STARTED IN A SMALL CARPENTER’S WORKSHOP

AND IS NOW ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST

TOY MANUFACTURERS

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LEGO’S FOUNDER, OLE KIRK CHRISTIANSEN, CREATED

THE NAME “LEGO” FROM THE FIRST TWO LETTERS OF

THE DANISH WORDS LEG GODT, WHICH MEANS

“PLAY WELL.”

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IN 2000, LEGO WAS NAMED “TOY OF THE CENTURY”

BY THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF TOY RETAILERS.

LEGO BEAT BOTH THE COMMON TEDDY BEAR

AND BARBIE

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IN MAY 2011, THE SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR MISSION

STS-134 BROUGHT THIRTEEN LEGO KITS TO THE

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, WHERE ASTRONAUTS

BUILT MODELS TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD REACT IN

MICROGRAVITY, AS A PART OF THE LEGO BRICKS IN

SPACE PROGRAM. THE RESULTS WILL BE SHARED WITH

SCHOOLS AS PART OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT.

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ACCORDING TO FORBES, IN FEBRUARY 2015 LEGO

REPLACED FERRARI AS BRAND FINANCE’S

“WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL BRAND.”

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MORE THAN 400 BILLION LEGO BRICKS HAVE BEEN

PRODUCED SINCE 1958, WHICH MEANS THERE ARE

ABOUT SIXTY-TWO LEGO BRICKS FOR EACH HUMAN

BEING ON THE PLANET

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IT IS ESTIMATED THAT DURING CHRISTMAS ABOUT

TWENTY-EIGHT SETS ARE SOLD EVERY SECOND.

THAT MEANS 1,680 ARE SOLD EVERY MINUTE,

100,800 EVERY HOUR, AND SO ON.

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IT MIGHT SOUND UNBELIEVABLE BUT ONLY EIGHTEEN

PIECES IN ONE MILLION ARE WASTED DURING THE

PRODUCTION PROCESS. THE MOULDS ARE SUPER

ACCURATE SO ONLY A HANDFUL FAIL TO MEET THE

COMPANY’S HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS.

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THE LARGEST COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED LEGO SET

IS THE TAJ MAJAL. THE SET CONTAINS OVER

5,900 PIECES.

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