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Which came first: Lego bricks or Walmart?

Lego bricks came first, in 1949 (first made). Walmart followed 13 years later, in 1962 (founded).

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  1. First1949

    Lego bricks

    toy · first made

    Lego's first plastic bricks, in 1949, were sold as Automatic Binding Bricks.

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  2. Second1962

    Walmart

    company · founded

    Sam Walton opened the first Walmart in Arkansas in 1962.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.