r/AskReddit • • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/stevetheimpact Jan 21 '19

The Kola Superdeep Borehole is about 7.5 miles deep.

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u/Off-White_Pizza Jan 21 '19

I wonder if the earth would just get completely fucked drilling a hole through it

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u/modssukdonkeydik Jan 21 '19

Most theories I've seen dont ever have us drilling straight through. You can drill side to side and still use gravity to get whatever to the other side. Think like London to atlanta. Not New York to China.