When Did We First Use Rubber Ducks?

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Why Don’t Americans Use Bidets? https://youtu.be/Z6dvGXiT5H8?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k How Does Soap Work? https://youtu.be/6JY86dOqk9w?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 In this video: In 1970, everyone’s favorite orange roommate sang a song to his bathtime buddy. “Oh, rubber duckie, you’re the one. You make bathtime lots of fun,” cooed Ernie to his squeaky yellow friend. While the rubber duckie had been around for at least a century prior to Ernie and his mellow melody, this Sesame Street tune shoved the bathtime toy into the popular culture lexicon where it has remained ever since. From a chew toy to a piece of art to Ernie’s best friend (sorry, Bert), here’s the story of how the world got into the bath with the rubber duckie. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/06/america-got-bath-rubber-duckie/ Sources: http://wesa.fm/post/duck-duck-duck-history-rubber-ducky#stream/0 http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=D0153514&IDKey=87BED3D7C514%0D%0A&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect2%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526d%3DPALL%2526S1%3DD153514.PN.%2526OS%3DPN%2FD153514%2526RS%3DPN%2FD153514 http://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/newsmaker-the-rubber-duck#full http://america.pink/peter-ganine_3477025.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/magazine/the-rubber-duck-knows-no-frontiers.html?_r=0 https://www.google.com/patents/US3633?dq=Goodyear&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiorNXHtsHNAhXGOD4KHUJ2D-kQ6AEIJjAB http://www.britannica.com/technology/vulcanization https://books.google.com/books?id=uETsCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA505&lpg=PA505&dq=first+products+with+vulcanized+rubber&source=bl&ots=I0TgRDk46f&sig=EYspnQKs2Xb4nGUUqBVGdtVNpL4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2mLvKvsHNAhWEbj4KHX9mCKg4ChDoAQglMAM#v=onepage&q=first%20products%20with%20vulcanized%20rubber&f=false http://www.historymuseum.ca/canadaplay/materials/rubber.php http://www.iisrp.com/WebPolymers/00Rubber_Intro.pdf http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2007-03-25/business/KOVEL25X_1_rubber-toys-mccoy-carlton-ware https://www.census.gov/population/censusdata/table-4.pdf http://articles.mcall.com/1990-04-22/features/2747581_1_gas-mask-mickey-mouse-toy http://rubberduckpond.com/history.htm http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/meet-the-worlds-most-controversial-inflatable-yellow-duck https://www.google.ms/patents/USD153426?dq=ininventor:%22Peter+Ganine%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBmoVChMI4vebpLT-xgIVgRY-Ch01tQhg http://www.sesameworkshop.org/our-blog/2013/01/16/rubber-duckie-the-story-behind-sesames-iconic-bath-time-tune http://www.npr.org/2011/03/29/134923863/moby-duck-when-28-800-bath-toys-are-lost-at-sea http://nypost.com/2015/10/08/the-worlds-largest-rubber-duck-is-coming-to-new-york