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TIL a message in a bottle originating from Massachusetts by a 5th grader named Ben Lyons in 1997 washed ashore last year in France and was found by Hubert Eriau. Ben's bottle was part of a class project he did while studying the ocean currents. Ben began his message with "Dear Beachcomber."

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