9 Things You Didn't Know About LEGO
2. You Can Use Parts From 1958 With Today's Sets
You have to admire Lego's consistency. The way the world-famous blocks slot together hasn't changed since the late 1950s, meaning you can use pieces from some of its earliest kits with 2017 LEGO pieces.
Rewind to 1958 and it was a momentous year for the Danish firm. It was then that the company patented its stud-and-tube coupling system, the same technology that underpins its bestselling toy products today.
Some things never change, but for Lego that year, it was all change. Company founder Ole Kirk Christiansen passed away in '58 following a heart attack, handing the torch to his third son Godtfred.
Godtfred took over an operation that had just 140 employees at its base in Billund. Today, the firm's global workforce is just shy of 14,000 people.