Did you know these facts about LEGO?

Building blocks are among the first few blocks that a child is given to play. These are not only fun but also enhance fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, creativity and problem-solving skills. Building blocks keep kids fruitfully engaged as they pick and choose colours, structures and designs to create castles, towns space stations and what not!  

One name in this segment that has kept kids captivated for decades is LEGO. Ole Kirk Christiansen, a carpenter from Denmark, created The Lego Group, a construction toy company, in 1932. Initially, the company was known to produce wooden toys, stepladders, and ironing boards, among other things. Two years later, it was renamed LEGO, which is derived from the Danish words "LEg GOdt," meaning "play well." Let’s take a look at the journey of the game that has shaped the playing years of kids all over the globe. 

You are welcome to pitch your own Lego set 
If you think you're imaginative enough to come up with an idea about creating something out of LEGO bricks on your own, you can share it on LEGO's official webpage. In case it receives 10,000 likes, LEGO will consider bringing your set to toy shelves. Moreover, you participate in competitions, show off your new LEGO ideas and vote for your favourite LEGO models created by other LEGO fans. Isn’t that amazing? 

Yellow being a neutral colour was used to depict Lego mini figures 
The company encouraged builders to use their imagination into making faceless beings when the Lego mini figure was introduced in 1975. Yellow was once thought to be a colour that was racially neutral. They do, however, come in a variety of hues nowadays. 

LEGO bricks dating back to 1958 can still be connected 
If you came across a LEGO piece from the 1950s, it would be able to link to a Lego from the year 2020. Lego bricks are part of a universal system, which means the components will always be interoperable regardless of when they were produced. 

There is a house entirely made of LEGO bricks  

Have you ever fantasised about constructing a house out of LEGO bricks? Someone, in fact, has gone ahead and done it. The BBC documented the construction of a mostly functional home using more than three million bricks for the show James May's Toy Stories. A working toilet, hot shower, and a very uncomfortable bed were among the features of the mansion, which was built with more than 3 million bricks. 

Over 5,00,000 LEGO bricks make up the world's tallest LEGO skyscraper! 

A group of ambitious builders set out to construct a 112-foot skyscraper out of LEGO bricks. They were inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records for their summer-long project. 

The LEGO brick numbers depict the exact mould used during creation 

The number on the backside of your bricks refers to the exact mould that was used to create the brick before it was packaged. If there are any flaws, LEGO can track them down to their source.