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Nearly 2 decades ago, 150,000 rubber ducks were group loose from Dublin successful an effort to break nan grounds for nan world's largest integrative duck race. But plans – and ducks – went awry, and 1 of those floating toys has conscionable been recovered hundreds of miles away.
Filip Miller, 13, recovered 1 of nan ducks from nan 2006 World Record Duck Race connected nan Scottish land of Stronsay – 423 miles distant from wherever it was released astatine Dublin's Millennium Bridge, CBS News partner BBC reported. Photos show that contempt nan years astatine sea, nan duck was still successful comparatively bully condition, still having a agleam orangish beak, acheronian eyes and nan race's accusation printed connected its front.
According to Irish news work RTÉ News and Current Affairs, nan 2006 Guinness World Record effort failed, though it succeeded astatine raising money for Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children Crumlin. The ducks were expected to recreation a mile from nan Millennium Bridge, but RTÉ reported astatine nan clip that they ended up going successful nan incorrect direction.
The latest world record for specified a title was sealed successful 2009 pinch 205,000 integrative ducks floating down nan River Thames.
150,000 integrative ducks are launched astatine nan Millennium Bridge successful Dublin, to title towards nan Sean O'Casey span - nan first Irish effort to participate nan Guinness Book of Records for nan world's largest integrative duck race.
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Miller's mother, Marion Miller, told BBC Radio Orkney that nan teen was stepping their dogs on nan formation and talking to his mom connected nan telephone erstwhile they came crossed nan duck.
"Filip says, 'Oh, you know, I've been stepping rather far,' and then, 'ooh, here's a rubber duck,'" Marion Miller told nan station. "So I said, 'oh you must prime it up.'"
Filip took nan duck location and that's erstwhile they realized nan duck was from nan race. Its comparatively bully information was "really surprising," Marion said. It was truthful good, successful fact, that nan duck's individual number successful nan title is still connected it arsenic good – No. 59,933.
"It's possibly not nan quickest duck, but it must person been 1 of nan farthest ducks," Marion said.
BBC Radio Orkney reported that ducks from nan 2006 title person been popping up each complete nan world for years. At 1 point, nan position said, 1 of nan ducks was recovered successful Sweden.
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- Scotland
- Ireland
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