At StrangeMaps, the story of the
Friendly Floatees, the 29,000 bath toys spilled from a cargo ship in the Pacific Ocean in 1992, some of which are now washing ashore on Atlantic coasts having travelled, ice-bound, through the North-West Passage.
And at Laughing Squid,
Roll Your Own LOL, Not Just For Cats Anymore. (OK, that's, like, super-old.)