Six Interesting LEGO Facts

LEGO is short for two Danish words: “leg godt,” meaning “play well.”

LEGO isn’t just a toy, it’s a cultural icon with some wild stories behind those little bricks.

For starters, over 8 billion LEGO minifigures have been made—more tiny yellow heads than there are humans on Earth.

Even crazier? LEGO, not Goodyear or Bridgestone, is the world’s largest tire manufacturer. They crank out more than 700 million tiny rubber tires a year, just for their sets.

Here’s some engineering magic: a LEGO brick made in 1958 still clicks perfectly with one made today. That’s 60+ years of precision—and zero quality drift.

If you’ve ever stepped on a LEGO, you know they’re tough. But did you know it would take 375,000 bricks stacked on top of one another before the bottom one would crack? That’s nearly 2 miles of LEGO tower!

So what makes them so strong? LEGO bricks are made from a super-durable plastic called ABS. It’s built to hold up under pressure—whether from gravity, toddlers, or wild imagination.