If you have checked the Google homepage today, then you have seen the homage to LEGO. The word "LEGO" derives from the Danish words "leg godt" meaning "play well". Incidentally, "LEGO" also means "I put together". The bricks were actually invented by the British Hilary Fisher Page. Page committed suicide over business troubles and LEGO bought the patent.
Strange fact: LEGO produces about 306 million tiny rubber tires every year. That is more than any tire manufacturer in the world.
Self-proclaimed "brick artist", Nathan Sawaya, has made some pretty cool sculptures with the toys.
Link: http://www.brickartist.com/
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