Spare Toy Pieces Still Washing Up On Beaches From The Great Lego Spill Of 1997
On February 13th, 1997, the Lego ship Tokio Express was on its way to New York City from Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, when it was hit by a rogue wave, causing more than five million pieces of Lego to spill into the ocean, some of which are still washing to shore to this day. Ironically, a majority of the lego pieces that were spilled in the ocean were from marine-themed play sets.
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