Lego is celebrating its 80th birthday with an animated video that tells the story of how Danish toymaker Ole Kirk Christiansen created the company in 1932 with his son Godfried. It recounts the transition from wood to plastic and the evolution of those colorful plastic bricks, which many parents can tell you double as tiny land mines, waiting to deploy sharp pains to unsuspecting bare feet as they dare venture out in the dark for a late night drink of water. Even the most die-hard Lego aficionados may learn something new, including that though Lego means “I put together” in Latin, it actually is derived from the Danish “leg godt,” which means “play well.”
