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TIL about Bombay Beach in California. In the 1950s and '60s it was a thriving resort. Guests swam, water-skied, and golfed during the day, then headed to the yacht club to party into the night. Now, Bombay Beach is a bleached, rusted, abandoned wasteland. It's an apocalyptic landscape.

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