Lego is the world’s largest tire manufacturer.

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In terms of sheer revenue, Michelin is the king of tires. But when it comes to the number of actual tires produced, the No. 1 manufacturer is more surprising: Lego.

The toy company makes more than 300 million tiny tires every year, which is nearly 100 million more than Michelin, Bridgestone, or any other corporation whose considerably larger products are made for actual automobiles. Lego’s tire production peaked in 2010, when it made 381 million — enough for 95 million of its classic Batmobiles.

The plural of “Lego” is “Lego.”

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Though some people insist on omitting the “s” when pluralizing “Lego,” the company itself says the actual plural is “Lego bricks.”

Though some may question whether Lego’s tires truly qualify for this metric, Guinness World Records is of the opinion that they “do fit all descriptions of a standard tire” and that the “rubber compound used for the Lego products would not be out of place on a domestic car.” The toy company — whose name comes from the first two letters of the Danish words leg godt, meaning “play well” — introduced its first cars in the early 1960s. Popular Lego cars today include the pink 2 Fast 2 Furious Honda S2000, the enchanted flying Ford Anglia from Harry Potter, and a yellow taxi serving the fair city of Bricksburg, among many others.