Great Lego Spill

The Great Lego Spill Of 1997: Why Lego Pieces Are Still Surfacing After 27 Years

In 1997, a cargo ship named the Tokio Express encountered a rogue wave while en route to New York, nearly capsizing and causing the loss of all 62 shipping containers on board. Among these containers was a trove of nearly 5 million Lego pieces, which sank into the sea, resulting...