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After an already successful year, PEOPLE is exclusively reporting that actress Natalie Portman has given birth to a baby boy. Further details, including the name of the baby and when it was born, were not released.

Nearly a quarter of a century ago, a young German boy named Frank Uesbeck wrote a message, stuffed it into a bottle and threw it out to sea. This year, he finally received a reply. The bottle was discovered by 13-year-old Daniil Korotkikh, a Russian boy who was walking along the beach with his parents when a glint in the sand caught his attention. There, he discovered a corked German beer bottle w