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He used to break bones. Now former Hollywood stuntman Robert Mc-Donald uses popsicle sticks to break world records. McDonald has built three Viking-ship replicas out of ice cream sticks. All have been seaworthy. including his latest beast, built from 15 million popsicle sticks over three years. He’s now working to break another record by sailing the ship across the Atlantic Ocean in true Viking fashion “I have a dream to show children they can do anything:’ he says. “If they can dream it, they can do it” In fact. That’s what started McDonald down this popsicle path - he wanted to encourage his 8-year- old son to aim high and believe he could succeed, all the while making the world a better place. He is adamant about creative recycling - all the ice cream sticks he used were previously used or imperfect, and were donated by the Ola ice cream company in Europe.

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