HV: from the hub from discussion "In Germany found a bottle with a note that spent 108 years in the sea"
... awaits confirmation of a record from the Guinness Book of Records. The 108-year-old message actually turned out to be the oldest bottle of notes ever found. The previous record belonged to a message found 99 years after it was sent.
DaleMartinWatson: It sounds like a challenge to the Russian Post.