CURIOUS THINGS YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT LEGO
Added on: 15th May 2016
THE LITTLE HOLES IN THE HEADS OF THE LEGO
PEOPLE ARE THERE SO THAT IF A CHILD
SWALLOWS ONE, THEY CAN STILL BREATHE
WITHIN THE LEGO COMPANY, STANDARD PIECES
ARE CALLED BRICKS. PLATES ARE THE FLAT ONES.
BEYOND THAT, THE BRICKS AND PLATES ARE
DIFFERENTIATED BY THE NUMBER OF STUDS
THEY HAVE I.E. 2×4
AS THEMES CHANGE, THE COLOUR PALETTE CHANGES
BUT THE BASIC COLOURS (WHITE, BLACK, YELLOW,
GREEN, BLUE, AND RED) WILL ALWAYS BE THERE
LEGO WAS ACTUALLY MEANT TO BE AN ADJECTIVE
("LEGO BRICK" AND NOT JUST "LEGO")
AS YOU MAY HAVE DEDUCED, THE PLURAL OF LEGO
IS NOT LEGOS. IT WOULD BE "LEGO BRICKS"
ALL FIGURINES WERE GIVEN YELLOW COLOURS TO
REFLECT THE NON-SPECIFIC QUALITY OF A
CHILD'S IMAGINATION
OVER 2 MILLION LEGO BRICKS ARE PRODUCED
EVERY HOUR. THAT COMES TO 19 BILLION
BRICKS PER YEAR
SINCE LEGO BRICKS WENT INTO PRODUCTION BACK
IN 1958 NEARLY 400 BILLION BRICKS HAVE BEEN MADE.
THAT IS 62 BRICKS FOR EVERY PERSON ON EARTH
IN THE UNITED STATES, ABOUT 130 NEW SETS
ARE LAUNCHED EVERY YEAR
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