When 28,800 Rubber Duckies Fell Into The Pacific Ocean

10/01/2022 3 min Temporada 4 Episodio 691

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Episode Synopsis

Today in 1992, the Pacific Ocean filled up with rubber duckies, thanks to a storm that knocked some shipping containers off a cargo boat. We'll explain how the Friendly Floatees went from accidental oceangoers to the stuff of movies and picture books. Plus: today in 1976, C.W. McCall's "Convoy" hit #1 on the Billboard chart, telling the story of a trucker with the CB handle Rubber Duck. 
The great escape: the bath toys that swam the Pacific (The Guardian)
What Can 28,000 Rubber Duckies Lost at Sea Teach Us About Our Oceans? (Treehugger)
OTD in 1976 Convoy hits #1 (Songfacts)
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