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Rubber Ducky you're the one!! 😍 Anyone who knows me, knows I love rubber duckies so I can't believe it has taken me this long to host an event for this fantastically awesome holiday!! 😱
🦆 According to a 1973 Sesame Street calendar, Rubber Duckie's Birthday is January 13th so around the country it's National Rubber Ducky Day! A friend of Ernie and Big Bird, Duckie made his debut in a February 1970 episode.
🦆 The rubber ducky (also spelled duckie) has come a long way from his first concept as a chew toy for children.
🦆 In 1928, Landon Smart Lawrence received the earliest patent for a rubber duck toy. His clever design weighted the toy so that when it tipped it returned to an upright position. The sketch included with the patent was that of a duck.
🦆 During World Wars I and II, rubber was a valuable commodity. Rationing became mandatory and by the 1940s with the advent of plastic, the rubber ducky began being produced in vinyl and plastic.
🦆 Russian Sculptor Peter Ganine sculpted many animal figures. One, a duck, he later designed and patented into a floating toy that closely resembles the rubber ducky we have become familiar with today.
🦆 Sales of the iconic yellow rubber ducky we've come to know today soared in Britain in 2001. Why? A British Tabloid, The Sun, reported Queen Elizabeth II had a rubber duck in her bathroom that wore an inflatable crown.
🦆 The rubber ducky became a Toy Hall of Fame inductee in 2013. Founded in 1998, the Hall of Fame has only inducted 52 other toys.
🦆 Mama Duck is the world's largest inflatable rubber duck. At six stories tall and weighing 30,000 pounds, the big yellow duck makes quite a splash. Owned by Big Duck LLC, Mama Duck and her baby duck travel to waterfront festivals across the country.
🦆 According to Guinness World Records, American Charlotte Lee owns the world's largest collection of rubber ducks. In 2011, her collection comprised 5,631 rubber ducks.
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**No purchase of food or drink is needed to attend.