We finally know why these mysterious 'Tjipetir blocks' are washing up on European beaches

The World | Dec 1, 2014
You never know what’s going to wash up on the beaches of Cornwall, England. In recent years, among the seaweed and driftwood, mysterious 100-year-old blocks of rubber have appeared. But an amateur historian from England might have cracked the case.

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