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BrokenEye3 t1_ixahd1w wrote

Reply to comment by TooSmalley in TIL of Friendly Floatees, an armada of 28,000 rubber ducks that were accidentally spilled into the Pacific Ocean in 1992 by a container ship. Researchers then used them to track ocean currents until 2007. by oscillathor

There was something similar in England with LEGO pieces. Curiously, a disproportionate number of them have been nautical themed pieces (diving flippers, octopi, ship rigging, cutlasses, harpoon guns, etc)

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