Thousands of pieces of LEGO have been washing up on beaches in Cornwall, UK, for almost seventeen years. The reason for this weird phenomenon? According to a recent report written by the BBC, a rogue wave hit the container ship Tokio Express bound for New York about 20 miles off Land's End back in 1997.

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