Turning 50

I like to be on top of the birthday wishes especially of those I am a fan of, and I am sorry to say I missed the big 5-0 of one of my favorites.

On Monday, January 28th, everyone’s favorite building blocks, Legos turned 50.

Though Ole Kirk Christiansen started his business in 1932 and the company name was changed from Leg Godt to Lego in 1934 (Leg Godt is Danish for ‘play well,’ Lego is Latin for ‘I put together’), the original patent for the Lego blocks we all know and love was filed at 1:58pm on January 28th, 1958.

To celebrate, the folks at Gizmodo put together a Lego timeline (that little picture on the left) and created a list of the best Lego sets as well as a bunch of facts about the inter-connecting blocks. And of course there is always more fun to be had on the Lego website.