In addition to its legendary soccer prowess, Brazil now has one more thing to brag about: being home to the world’s tallest Lego tower.

Over 6,000 Brazilian children participated in the 4-day construction effort earlier this month in Sao Paulo, crafting small sections of the monument.

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Check out the largest Lego ship ever built!

It is a 23-feet long reproduction of the USS Intrepid, a US Navy aircraft carrier from World War II, and it contains 200,000 Lego bricks and took over 6 years to finish.

See a video after the jump.

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The Tufts University Center for Engineering Education will hold a Parent and Child Workshop, March 6, 2010, with teams building and programming their own LEGO inventions. For all ages. Cost: $75.

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