The idea of containing larger-than-life items in a bottle for the fun of making people ask “how?!” stems back centuries and even has a name—the Impossible Bottle. Ships remain the most popular item to stow in a too-small vessel, the first of which dates back to 1784 and lives in a German museum. Since then, however, people have spent their time puzzling over how to slide decks of cards, tennis balls, and even padlocks through the narrow bottle neck to create a talking point.

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