LEGO Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
LEGO turned 50 yesterday. Gizmodo has a cool LEGO timeline. It includes major advances in LEGO technology over the years. Click image to enlarge.
LEGO brick curiosities
• There are about 62 LEGO bricks for every one of the world’s 6 billion inhabitants.
• Children around the world spend 5 billion hours a year playing with LEGO bricks.
• LEGO bricks are available in 53 different colors.
• 7 LEGO sets are sold by retailers every second around the world.
• The LEGO bricks sold in one year would circle the world 5 times.
• 40 billion LEGO bricks stacked on top of one another would connect the earth with the moon.
• There are 55,600 LEGO videos on YouTube.