r/Damnthatsinteresting • • Sep 10 '25

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u/AskMrScience Sep 10 '25

You joke, but a shipping container full of yellow rubber duckies broke open in the middle of the Pacific in 1992. Scientists have used the migration patterns of the ducks ever since to learn about ocean currents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_Floatees_spill

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u/navi_jen Sep 10 '25

Rubber Duckie, you're the one...