http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28367198 Author: Mario Cacciottolo Source: BBC News Magazine Topic: ocean currents Excerpt:  A container filled with millions of Lego pieces fell into the sea off Cornwall in 1997. But instead of remaining at the bottom of the ocean, they are still washing up on Cornish beaches today - offering an insight into the mysterious world of oceans and tides. ...353,264 plastic daisies dropped into the sea on 13 February 1997, when the container ship Tokio Express was hit by a wave described by its captain as a "once in a 100-year phenomenon", tilting the ship 60 degrees one way, then 40 degrees back. ...62 containers were lost overboard about 20 miles off Land's End - and one of them was filled with nearly 4.8 [million] pieces of Lego, bound for New York. ...shortly after that some of those Lego pieces began washing up in both the north and south coasts of Cornwall. They're still coming in today.... For Investig