(CBS, KYMA/KECY) - Monday is National Rubber Ducky Day, all thanks to Ernie from Sesame Street. The birthday of his beloved rubber ducky bath toy is January 13. Ernie's famous Rubber Duckie song ...

These early rubber duck toys weren’t designed to float. Instead, they were solid rubber, intended as chewable toys. 1928 – Landon Smart Lawrence received the earliest patent for a rubber duck toy.

In case you couldn’t get enough of them, here are some fun facts about rubber ducks to tide you over until they return. The rubber duck first appeared ... to look like baby ducks, which are ...