Pictured here are tar balls – sticky clumps of oil, sand and shells – washed up on Gulf Shores, Alabama, in 2010, following the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Here are some of the weirdest things to have ...

Plastic from Canada that dates from the 1960s recently washed up on the shores of a Scottish island. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to David Warner from Orkney, Scotland who made the discovery.

Quick, someone get a deep fryer and some ketchup. Over the years, there have been several strange things to wash up on shore. But this might take the whole cake or burger if you will. Hundreds of ...