What if I told you the world's largest lake is actually a salty puddle left over from an ancient ocean? Or that if you stand on its sun-baked shores, you're actually standing nearly 100 feet below sea level? From the birthplace of the global oil boom to a highly contested five-nation border, welcome to the Caspian Sea—a massive, landlocked body of water…
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