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Australian Academy of Science on Twitter: "What's the deepest hole ever dug (for research) into our Earth? 12.6 km #spacedawn with @Helen_E_MC so how do we know what's deeper inside?? https://t.co/ntDoDC13yH" /
Earth Observatory of Singapore - At just nine inches in diameter, the Kola Superdeep Borehole is the deepest hole that humans have ever dug. It took 20 years to drill to a
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