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Clue #1 We found these on several beaches.
Clue #2 They float.
Clue #3 They are not naturally occurring.
These are nurdles. They are little bits of plastic. They are round. We are not sure where they came from, but we have found them washed up on beaches in the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.