Lego Lost at Sea

On February 13, 1997, a shipping container from the Tokio Express holding nearly five million pieces of Lego fell into the sea after being hit by a wave. Since then, countless pieces of the plastic toys have showed up along UK beaches providing scientists with new insight into how ocean tides function.

The tiny Lego pieces have been reported in Cornwall, Devon, Ireland and Wales. Many of the Lego are maritime-related, and seem to be very rare pieces. 

An expert oceanographer believes that ocean currents have taken the Lego bits around the world, with the majority of them washing up in Cornwall. Since the 1997 incident, some Lego bits may have traveled 100,000 kilometers - meaning they could wind up on almost any beach on Earth.

Others, in theory, could continue to ride ocean currents for centuries.

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