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![TIL that the founder of LEGO, Ole Kirk Christiansen, was a carpenter whose business initially only made furniture before they moved onto making wooden toys during the Great Depression. They only started TIL that the founder of LEGO, Ole Kirk Christiansen, was a carpenter whose business initially only made furniture before they moved onto making wooden toys during the Great Depression. They only started](https://external-preview.redd.it/til-that-the-founder-of-lego-ole-kirk-christiansen-was-a-v0-vC77oTm1v3L7Cc8Tqvw5-jyTcODhsuW3TJIkqbrlOok.jpg?auto=webp&s=37ecb17e073cd106ece0823c08ac3a12c70b10b6)
TIL that the founder of LEGO, Ole Kirk Christiansen, was a carpenter whose business initially only made furniture before they moved onto making wooden toys during the Great Depression. They only started
![Founder of the LEGO company Ole Kirk Christiansen (r) with his son Gotfred Kirk Christiansen (l) who holds an example of the work Stock Photo - Alamy Founder of the LEGO company Ole Kirk Christiansen (r) with his son Gotfred Kirk Christiansen (l) who holds an example of the work Stock Photo - Alamy](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2m0fgcn/founder-of-the-lego-company-ole-kirk-christiansen-r-with-his-son-gotfred-kirk-christiansen-l-who-holds-an-example-of-the-work-2m0fgcn.jpg)