lincoln logs were invented by frank lloyd wright’s son.
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a trivial gift for you on january 4th, in honor of national trivia day
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‘i think Iim a trivia nerd. i love to learn about everything. i’m curious.’
-adam rodriguez
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Hi. Beth. Interesting fact – I never knew that! Happy day. Goff
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so many things our there for us to learn – thanks!
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Most certainly is!
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I had no idea. I found that the son got the idea from his design for a Japanese hotel that used interlocking timbers. The point of those was to allow the building to sway but not collapse in an earthquake, and in fact the building stood after one of Japan’s serious earthquakes.
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That makes so much sense
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Thank you for another non-trivial post.
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My pleasure
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I loved to build with these when I was a kid, Beth. Thanks for the memory. Pre-LEGO, they were …
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My brother had them and I played with them too. I’ve introduced them a couple of times to my class a couple of times and they are often stymied by them
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They link so differently than LEGO piles, Beth, I guess that’s a stymie.
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that’s it –
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I did not know that, Beth.
I always encouraged my children to play with Lincoln Logs I think because I liked playing with them myself.
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ah, I hope they liked them –
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I didn’t know that. I didn’t know it was trivia day either, so thank you. 🙂
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John Lloyd Wright — just wanted to say it. To always be the nameless son/daughter of so-and-so can be a bit tiresome I imagine. 🙂
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it would be tough –
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We still have some third-generation Lincoln Logs in a box somewhere. But it’s looking like there might no be grandies to pass them to. We’ll have to donate them somewhere.
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oh, make sure some kids get their. hands on those, what a great thing to share –
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Now doesn’t that make perfect sense? Fun trivia fact.
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yes, of course, don’t know why I never expected that )
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Still have an old set of these from our children’s days. They will soon be played with by another grandchild. Wonder why they are called “Lincoln” though? I enjoy learning these silly things. 😊
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so great that you have them. no idea on the name origin, another piece of trivia to learn –
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Thinking I might have to google it. 😊
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yes, please do!
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I’ll let you know when and what I find.
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thanks for this
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This is what I found.
The origin of the name Lincoln Logs is disputed. K’Nex, the current distributor of Lincoln Logs, says they were named after former U.S. president Abraham Lincoln because he was born in an old-fashioned log cabin (due to popular legend), and the name invoked patriotism during WWI when the toy was invented. Other people who were intimate with John Lloyd Wright or those who knew people who knew John said the name came from Frank Lloyd Wright’s original name of Frank Lincoln Wright, or even that the name was a play on the term “linking logs,” which is what the logs did.
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how interesting and what a discrepancy – I believed the intimates
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I guess they make Lincoln Logs out of plastic now. They were wood back when I was a kid…
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I had no idea, that’s amazing, thank you for the very interesting information.
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I learn things every day, and am always fascinated
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I love the architecture of Wright!
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I do too!
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When I lived in Huntsville, Al. there was a house up on a hill set back in a wooded lot that was a Frank Lloyd Wright home. It was awesome.
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amazing and lucky that you were so near
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It was spectacular. My friend said , »I have to show you you” and took me to see it. It was amazing!
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Currently I have a bunch of wooden dowels in the garage and I’ve been planning and scheming for weeks how I will somehow line them all up to cut the grooves to make Lincoln’s Logs. I feel inspired now!
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great!
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Neat! fact! Thanks for sharing… 🙂
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My pleasure-
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What a great way to celebrate national trivia day! 🙂
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and why not?)
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I didn’t know that. Thank you, Beth!
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Always fun to learn new rhins
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Things
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🙂
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GREAT trivia!
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thanks, John. I’m a huge fan of trivia, the more obscure the better
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I didn’t know that either. Cool!
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Yes!
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I love it when I learn something new! I also won’t remember it in ten minutes. My brain is a sieve. I didn’t even know there was a trivia day. My kids are good at trivia but their brains are going fast too. 😉 Loved Lincoln logs. My son had them and I played with his. 🙂
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I totally get this, I do the same thing. ) glad you both enjoyed playing with them –
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that’s not fair – too much creativity in one family!
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Overachievers!)
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