- A "rain of fish" (a tornado that travels over the ocean, sucks up fish and then drops them over villages) is a common theme appearing in Honduran art - part of the culture of Honduras.
- The container vessel Hansa Carrier spilled over 80,000 Nike shoes into the Pacific Ocean, and they were used by scientists to track ocean currents.
- The crustaceans known as giant isopods, which live in the depths of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, can grow up to 45 centimetres long.