When A Parisian Canal Aged Two-Hundred Years Was Drained, No One Could Believe What Was In There

Published on 04/08/2021
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A Litany Of Litter

The fish would certainly not miss the fathomless mounds of trash that people had so casually tossed into the Canal Saint-Martin. All manner of possessions were found in this watery expanse, but the most commonly spotted were bicycles. An enormous fleet belonging to the car-sharing network called Vélib happened to be the primary owner of most of the bicycles. In total, almost 14,500 bikes were stocked with the Vélib system at one point in 2007. Somehow, most of them would find unusual final resting places.

A Litany Of Litter

A Litany Of Litter

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