Sesame Street performed a song called Rubber Duckie about his beloved bath-time friend. The tune became a big hit and even topped music charts in 1970. 4. There's a rubber duck the size of a building Photo via Pixabay. The world’s largest rubber duck was created by an American man in 2014. Standing 19 metres tall — or about the height of a six-storey building— the duck sails the world and stops at festivals where people can get an up-close look. 3. Rubber duckies help scientists (Patrick Hertzog/Getty Images) In 1992, three containers full of 29,000 rubber duckies fell off a cargo ship in the Pacific Ocean. The yellow birds drifted around the world, washing up on the shores of England, Australia, South America, and the west coast of Canada. The ducks still wash ashore to this day, and they have helped scientists learn more about waves and ocean currents.