A message on a postcard inside a glass bottle thrown into the sea by a Plymouth biologist in 1906 and recovered in Germany has been confirmed by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest message-in-a-bottle. Metro reports: The historic message was sent by George Parker Bidder between 1904 and 1906 – along with a postcard and the promise of a shilling to the finder. It was eventually picked up in April last year by retired post office worker Marianne Winkler who was holidaying on the island of Amrum, off the north coast of Germany. The message inside was sent back to its return address, the Marine Biological Association (MBA) in Plymouth, Devon. This week, Guinness confirmed that it now held the world record for the oldest ever message of its kind to be discovered. Spokesperson Amber-Georgina Gill said: ‘The oldest message in a bottle spent 108 years and 138 days at sea after being released by the Marine Biological Association (UK) in the North Sea (52° 4.8′ N; 003° 37’ E), on 30 November 1906. ‘The message was found at Amrum Island, Germany, on 17 April 2015.’ It beat the previous record holder, which had spent 99 years and 43 [...]