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A cargo ship crossing the North Pacific encountered a powerful storm that swept several shipping containers into the ocean. One of those containers carried 28,800 plastic bath toys consisting of yellow ducks, blue turtles, red beavers, and green frogs. What appeared to be a routine shipping accident soon turned into one of the most unusual scientific experiments in history. As the toys drifted across oceans for years, researchers tracked their movements and used the information to gain a deeper understanding of how ocean currents move around the planet. The accidental spill provided scientists with valuable data that would have been extremely difficult and expensive to collect through traditional methods.
