Message in a bottle travels 16 years from Brazil to Australia

A wine bottle containing a letter washed up on a beach in Peterborough, Australia, after being dropped into the Atlantic Ocean approximately 50 kilometers off the Brazilian coast near Rio de Janeiro on November 3, 2008. The letter was written by Joe Johnson, a resident of Towson, Maryland, who has a history of dropping empty wine bottles into various oceans hoping that someone would find them. He expressed gratitude to whoever found the bottle for taking the time to read the letter and asked for it to be returned to him. This rare discovery surprised Johnson, as few people have ever contacted him about his bottles. Social media reactions came in, with many users expressing amazement over the bottle's journey and longevity in the ocean.