“You’re despicable,” spoken with his iconic lisp, is Daffy Duck’s most famous line. The anthropomorphic black duck, known for his pride and sarcastic personality, is a popular Looney Tunes ...

Still, it wasn’t until Georgian-Russian-American sculptor Peter Ganine patented his design in 1949 that the rubber duck became as famous as we know it, selling more than 50 million toys worldwide.