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They Left Los Angeles And Sailed For 7 Days To Find An Island Of Garbage. Here’s What They Found.

Many speak of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It’s rumored to be an island of garbage twice the size of Texas. They went to find it.

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Rajiv Narayan

Here’s the beginning:

And here’s the end:

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