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Tar balls wash ashore on Florida beaches, but the source of the sticky black goo is a mystery



In October, the Canadian Coast Guard cleaned up tar balls floating to the ocean's surface from the site of a World War II era shipwreck off the coast of British Columbia, the Canadian Broadcasting Co. reported. The U.S. Army military transport ship has been leaking oil over the years since it hit a rock and sunk in 1946, the news outlet reported.

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