What is the deepest hole ever dug on the planet?
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Started by metmike - Aug. 24, 2018, 12:21 a.m.

What might they have been digging for?

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By mcfarmer - Aug. 24, 2018, 9:08 p.m.
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Digging for truth ?

By silverspiker - Aug. 24, 2018, 9:48 p.m.
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By metmike - Aug. 24, 2018, 10:52 p.m.
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Good ones you guys!



By metmike - Aug. 24, 2018, 11:01 p.m.
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Ask Smithsonian: What’s the Deepest Hole Ever Dug?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-whats-deepest-hole-ever-dug-180954349/


"The Kola Superdeep Borehole was just 9 inches in diameter, but at 40,230 feet (12,262 meters) reigns as the deepest hole. It took almost 20 years to reach that 7.5-mile depth—only half the distance or less to the mantle. Among the more interesting discoveries: microscopic plankton fossils found at four miles down. The Kola hole was abandoned in 1992 when drillers encountered higher-than-expected temperatures—356 degrees Fahrenheit, not the 212 degrees that had been mapped.
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By cliff-e - Aug. 25, 2018, 10:34 a.m.
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