TIL that a small islet called South Talpatti was disputed between India and Bangladesh until 2010, when it was submerged due to rising sea levels caused by global warming, settling the dispute.

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I just looked it up and read about it. It was a sandbar. Guess what sand does. Not global warming. Interesting there was a dispute about a sand bar though.