Funny Holidays - Peace Bottle Day

A message in a bottle sealed with resin is one of the ancient ways of sending letters It is still used by residents of some islands in Indonesia The discovery of a vessel with a message on the shore is a popular literary plot that is the basis of many films Paying tribute to such an exotic delivery of messages, July 28 is celebrated as Peace Bottle Day It is believed that the first person to send letters in glass vessels was the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus He threw them in the area of ​​​​the Strait of Gibraltar in order to prove that the Mediterranean Sea is fed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean Shipwrecked sailors sent bottles with messages written on parchment across the water in the hope that help would come to them Often letters received in this way became the only source of information about the fate of the missing crew and ship Incredible but true: Priest George Phillips from Washington State was nicknamed the Bottle Pastor He wrote sermons about the dangers of alcohol, put them in empty liquor containers and threw them into the water of Puget Sound, which is famous for its strong currents Over the course of his life, the pastor sent more than 20,000 such letters Strange as it may seem, people who found them off the Hawaiian coast, in New Guinea and Alaska, actually stopped drinking, considering receiving a sermon a sign from above Historians confirm the fact that Christopher Columbus reported on the results of his expedition to the shores of America to Queen Isabella with the help of vessels with messages An impressive percentage of the bottles from the sailor were caught and delivered to the palace In England in the 16th century There was a law in force that prohibited, under penalty of death, from opening vessels with letters found near the shore They were brought to the Royal Bottle Opener (the official title was Uncorker of Ocean Bottles), who personally conveyed messages to Elizabeth I Most of them were messages from secret informants who were informers Incredible, but true: An Irishman who sailed to America on the Titanic, realizing that death was inevitable, wrote a short message and sent it in a bottle A year after the shipwreck, the vessel was recovered several miles from his home Inside the bottle was a message: "From the Titanic Goodbye all Burke of Glanmire" The oldest message bottle is 108 years and 138 days old She is listed in the Guinness Book of Records A vessel with the inscription “Break” was found in 2015 by German pensioner Marianne Winkler Inside was a form for the person who discovered the bottle, with a request that, once completed, it be returned by post for a reward of 1 shilling The recipient of the letter was the Marine Biological Association of Great Britain, which conducted in 1904-1906 study of bottom currents in the North Sea The elderly German woman complied with the request In response, the association honestly sent Frau Winkler 1 antique shilling Incredible, but true: With the help of bottle mail, the Gulf Stream was discovered and mapped in 1770 For this, the English inventor and diplomat B Franklin, who worked as the Postmaster General of the North American colonies, observed the timing of delivery of messages in glass vessels to Great Britain by water Sending a letter in a bottle is an original and beautiful gesture It is as romantic as pigeon mail Messages in bottles for good luck are traditionally thrown from the ship by tourists into the Pacific Ocean Tender letters addressed to the object of affection are sent by sea by lovers who rely on fate and the will of the waves This unusual way of communication evokes a lot of pleasant emotions, which is why Peace Bottle Day is celebrated on July 28th