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TIL that Chile, Argentina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Taiwan, Greenland, and the Phillipines are the only countries that you can tunnel through to hit another land mass. All others lead to water. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is so incomprehensibly stupid. Without elaborating, you assumed the exactly vertical path through the center of the earth. This is also the absolute hardest, most unrealistic path with most magma, heat and pressure, etc.. If you'd just dig curved sideways (you know, like people do for actual IRL tunnels) you can suddenly reach so many more countries without hitting water.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I know right, what kind of idiot would even conceive of such tomfoolery