They did not follow the instructionsgegoxarenRank: #649 cool-----BlocksBlocks prevnext Prev Next Found: A 50-Year-Old Scientific Message, Stuffed in a Bottle Full article: You need to login to view this link """ Through the scuffed glass, they could make out a yellowing piece of paper—almost the color of the sand. It was wound into a tight scroll, and it bore an instruction scribbled in big, capital letters: “BREAK BOTTLE.” But, Candy says, the couple had no plans to do that. They figured, they collect bottles—they don’t bust them. So she and Jim set out to free the thing inside without destroying the rest of it. """""" When they liberated the paper and unrolled it, they discovered that it was a postcard—still nice and dry—to be filled it out and mailed back to the U. S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Whoever found the bottle was supposed to jot down the date and place they’d encountered it, because the office was trying to track the effect of surface currents on young shrimp moving from “offshore spawning grounds to inshore nursery grounds.” Anyone who returned the postcard would receive 50 cents for their trouble. """ prevnext +1173 -Favorite +Favorite Unblock User's Content Block User's Content Sub/Block Channels cool-----:UploadUnblockBlockSubUnsubsubs: 323
