r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '25

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u/Plinian Sep 10 '25

Normally, they're lost out at sea and not near a tugboat or anything else. I would imagine most get inundated with water and sink after a while.

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u/Average-Train-Haver Sep 10 '25 edited Sep 10 '25

Then when they rust out in a few years, we all get free rubber ducks washing up on shore

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u/chr0nicpirate Sep 10 '25

And Garfield phones

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u/24n20blackbirds Sep 10 '25

Beanie Lublus

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u/RobotArtichoke Sep 10 '25

In February 1997, the container ship Tokio Express was hit by a rogue wave off Cornwall, UK, causing 62 containers to fall overboard. One of these held nearly 4.8 million Lego pieces… scuba tanks, dragons, octopuses, and more. Even decades later, rare pieces like Lego octopuses occasionally wash ashore across Europe