7 Lego facts

1. With just six 8-stud bricks you can build over 102 million combinations
2. It is estimated there are 52 Lego bricks for every person on the planet
3. More than 400 billion Lego bricks have been produced since 1949. Stacked on top of each other, this is enough to connect the Earth and the Moon ten times over
4. Laid end to end, the number of LEGO bricks sold yearly would reach more than 5 times round the world
5. During the moulding process, the plastic is heated to 232C until its consistency is that of dough
6. Google's co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page made the original Google Computer Storage using Lego bricks in 1996
7. Lego could be considered the world's No. 1 tire manufacturer; the factory produces about 306 million tiny rubber tires a year