THE ORIGINAL LAND OF LEGOS
Jan 01, 2020
3 minutes
by Marcia Amidon Lusted
Do you have colorful Lego bricks and minifigures spread across the floor? Maybe there are some under your bed or lurking in the cushions of your couch. Well, you are not alone. You’re contributing to the five billion hours that kids around the world spend playing with Lego bricks every year.
About 20 billion Lego elements are made every year in the Lego factory in Billund.
Lego toys are probably Denmark’s best-known export. Ole Kirk Kristiansen created Legos, which means “play well.” He later realized that in Latin, the words mean, “I put together.” His motto was, “Only the best is good enough.”
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