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Most people know that most LEGO bricks are made of ABS, but that’s not the only plastic that LEGO uses!

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The Secretary of State is Michael Gove. I found this peculiar. Just before Christmas, when he was in the political wilderness following his calamitous attempt to secure the Tory leadership post the Br