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« on: Mar 19th, 2004, 12:36pm » |
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Though he's not even 2 years old yet, Billy D'Onofrio is curious about everything. He fiddles with the family phones and accidentally calls people. He plays with the television and winds up changing channels.
Now his curiosity has paid off.
The 21-month-old toddler, who lives in Brewster, N.Y., recently dismantled his family's TV remote control console to reveal a tiny Duracell battery worth $100,000.
The purple AAA battery was one of 12 the manufacturer stuck the label "winner" on as part of a promotional campaign. After Billy threw another battery in the garbage, the D'Onofrios put the lucky one into the remote without realizing its value.
But on Jan. 20, the small boy managed to open the remote and shake the special battery onto the floor, where his mother, Lisa, finally noticed it. She assumed it would get her a coupon.
"I would have been happy with a year's worth of batteries," she told The Journal News.
But Duracell told her the prize was $100,000.
"I can't believe we won something this big," Lisa D'Onofrio said. The family will use the money to boost the children's college funds — they have a 9- and 6-year old, as well — and pay a few large bills, she said. The family was to pick up its check Thursday at the Toys "R" Us in Danbury, Conn. (search), where the battery was purchased.
"How lucky was that child?" said Michele Szynal, communications director of Gillette Co., Duracell's parent. "Just thinking about it makes me smile."
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