stackyFACTSLong ago, the Mediterranean was nothing but a scorched, salty basin. Then, the Atlantic ocean finally breached the rocky barrier at Gibraltar, triggering an apocalyptic, continent-shaking waterfall that completely refilled the entire sea in just a matter of months.
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