Each one links to a source and some you may already know.
Some examples:
There’s a new accent developing among scientists stationed in Antarctica. (Phonetic change in an Antarctic winter)
And:
One reason the United States didn’t adopt the metric system was because the ship crossing the Atlantic from France carrying a standard kilogram—yes, a real physical object—requested by Thomas Jefferson in 1793 was blown off course into the Caribbean and captured by pirates. (How Pirates Of The Caribbean Hijacked America’s Metric System)