retired, for now ᐢ.‸.ᐢ (cloudjumper)

If you're on the shores of Alaska and happen to see a rubber duck wash onto shore, it's not a prank or strange coincidence. It's actually part of a global phenomenon that has since been forgotten by many. In 1992, a crate fell overboard from a ship on its way to the United States from Hong Kong. The contents? 28,000 plastic rubber duck toys. Over twenty years later, some of these ducks are still floating around in the ocean. They have been found all over the world from Hawaii to South America, to the Pacific Northwest. Some have been frozen in ice, while others have washed onto beaches.