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08-30-2012, 14:36
The one you dropped a few years ago!
98-year-old message in bottle sets world record
Published August 30, 2012
Associated Press
It was scooped up from the sea after 98 years, and now officials say a message in a bottle discovered in Scotland has set a world record.
Fisherman Andrew Leaper found the bottle-- released in 1914 -- in his nets in April while sailing east of the Shetland Islands, which lie off Scotland's northern coast.
Guinness World Records confirmed Thursday the find is the oldest message in a bottle ever recovered, beating a previous record by five years.
It was released in a batch of 1,890 bottles in a government experiment to map the undercurrents of the seas around Scotland.
Inside each bottle, a postcard asks the finder to record details of the discovery and promises a reward of a sixpence. Unfortunately for Leaper, the coin no longer exists.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/08/30/8-year-old-message-in-bottle-sets-world-record/?test=latestnews#ixzz2541gcGyy
98-year-old message in bottle sets world record
Published August 30, 2012
Associated Press
It was scooped up from the sea after 98 years, and now officials say a message in a bottle discovered in Scotland has set a world record.
Fisherman Andrew Leaper found the bottle-- released in 1914 -- in his nets in April while sailing east of the Shetland Islands, which lie off Scotland's northern coast.
Guinness World Records confirmed Thursday the find is the oldest message in a bottle ever recovered, beating a previous record by five years.
It was released in a batch of 1,890 bottles in a government experiment to map the undercurrents of the seas around Scotland.
Inside each bottle, a postcard asks the finder to record details of the discovery and promises a reward of a sixpence. Unfortunately for Leaper, the coin no longer exists.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/08/30/8-year-old-message-in-bottle-sets-world-record/?test=latestnews#ixzz2541gcGyy