Adrift: The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost at Sea

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In 1997, sixty-two containers fell off the cargo ship Tokio Express after it was hit by a rogue wave off the coast of Cornwall. One container was filled with nearly five million pieces of Lego, much of it sea-themed.

Author: Tracey Williams

In the months that followed, beachcombers started to find Lego washed up on beaches across the southwest coast. Among the pieces they discovered were octopuses, sea grass, spear guns, life rafts, scuba tanks, cutlasses, flippers and dragons. The pieces are still washing up today.