TIL in 1992 thousands of plastic yellow ducks broke free from a cargo ship on the Pacific. They floated halfway around the world for years and were used to study ocean currents.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/09/business/goods-lost-at-sea/#index



Submitted March 23, 2015 at 12:28AM by c_ale http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2zxfya/til_in_1992_thousands_of_plastic_yellow_ducks/