London has been invaded by a giant duck

50-foot seafaring rubber duckies: the hot new mode of transportation.

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This 50-foot seagoing rubber duck that floated down the Thames and under Tower Bridge yesterday is some kind of marketing scheme, but we’re choosing to believe it’s just the hot new form of transport. Or maybe a tribute to Sesame Street?

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