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Re: What To Buy?
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:32:47 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, sjbaker1@airmail.net writes:
> Stef Mientki wrote:
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> (Did anyone else hear the story on NPR today about the BILLIONS of Lego bricks
> that are floating around in mid-Atlantic after falling off the side of a container
> vessel? Anyone up to a salvage mission! :-) They estimate it may be 10 to 20 years
> before they eventually start washing onto beaches).
According to the Beachcombers' and Oceanographers' International Association,
the 'Great LEGO Sea Spill' occurred in 1997, with some 4,756,940 LEGO pieces
being tossed overboard under freak conditions... now what's that law about
finding something in international waters?
http://www.beachcombers.org/archive/sum97.htm#LEGO
Cheers!
Carl
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