A North Carolina aquarium has drained a 30-foot waterfall and collected 100 gallons of pocket change visitors have thrown into the water while making wishes.
But a lack of coins is no problem at the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores.
The aquarium — which is soon to enter its sixth month of mandated closure, thanks to the coronavirus — has come up with a pandemic project that can pass the timeThey've drained a large waterfall at the facility and dredged up all the coins thrown in by wishful visitors. "About 100 gallons of coins were cleaned and sorted and will go toward the general care of the aquarium and animals during this time," the aquarium said in a Facebook post last week.
It asked commenters to guess how much money 100 gallons of coins adds up to, and will reveal the answer this week. Our staff turned off the 30-foot tall Smoky Mountain waterfall and collected all the coins! About 100 gallons of coins...
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