How Did George Bidder Fail To Break The Water Bottle

In 1906, a man named George Bidder dropped a bottle into the North Sea. 108 years later, the bottle was found on the shore of Amrum Island in Germany, by a woman named Marianne Winkler. When Winkler opened the bottle and looked inside, she saw that it was a postcard to George Bidder himself. Come to find out, he promised one shilling, ( an old English silver coin equal to a twelve old pence), to whoever could find the bottle. Between 1904-1906, Bidder had already dropped thousands of other bottles into the North Sea. According to marine biologists, 55 percent of the bottles were found. Many people have tried to beat Bidder's record, but failed. The closest that a man has ever came to breaking the 108 year record was, 97 years. This bottle