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TIL, Lego stole the "self-locking building bricks," idea in 1947 from a smaller company called Kiddicraft. The creator and child psychologist, author and pioneer toymaker, Fisher Page would later commit suicide in
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Nate Poulin on Twitter: "9/ The big LEGO breakthrough happens when in 1947 Christianson comes across a British toy: "Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Bricks" Christianson creates his own version of the plastic brick
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