What If You Just Keep Digging?

I have a question… what if I just dug a really deep hole? That’s what the USSR did in 1970. This hole is 7.6 miles or 12.2 kilometers deep, making it deeper than the deepest part of the ocean and deeper than Mt. Everest is tall.
It was part of a race to see who could retrieve a sample from Earth’s mantle first - kind of like the space race, but DOWN. Here's what they found...
Humanity’s deepest hole is only 0.002% of the way to the middle of the Earth. There’s still so much left to learn about our own planet.
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[@CleoAbram]

Quick correction: .2%, not .002%! Thanks to the folks who pointed this out, appreciate you. The Kola Superdeep Borehole is ~12.3 kilometers (7.6 miles) And Earth's radius is ~6,371 kilometers (3,959 miles). So .2%! Better than I said but still so much more to discover…

[@fancytwisted]

Woah,imagine in the next century humanity has enveloped a machine so powerful that it would beat that record and it would be so hot that you would die there so cool right?

[@AzureBlade07]

Honest mistake. After all 0.002x = 0.2%

[@wadiyarabhijeet]

Mount Kailash and Aliens

[@honor9lite1337]

Noted.

[@BOBHLDRMN]

So they finally figured out the Earth is not a giant tootsie roll like my brother told me when I was a kid .... ???? LoL .. - The Bible has a few things to say about this subject 4 sure -

[@Seytom]

So my childhood attempt at digging to China was doomed from the start.

[@fahadsalman21]

You still can if you have the right equipment

[@soccrstar4]

I’m sorry to say it’s a lack of effort. You & your shovel could have reached China before the Big Crunch/Freeze/Rip. Earth would be gone though.

[@theksaboi]

Also if u dig a hole down in the US it wont end up in china, i think it would end up in the indian sea

[@ThePerfectFormula]

😂😂😂😂😂 10/10 👏👏👏

[@ppprinzeugen]

Instead, you can dig to Mexico

[@redsunsoverparadise]

I love that one part of history where humanity was going through their "why not" moment

[@juggernautalpha8123]

So many life changing discoveries done in the spirit of "why not?"

[@redsunsoverparadise]

@@juggernautalpha8123 and many other similar questions

[@dtripodi]

yeah, and then there was the 'let's nuke the Moon' moment, well thankfully they answered the why not

[@Overclockthis]

This is what worries me about our future. We are adventurers and we definitely need to push the red button... lol

[@hombrerusode40anos72]

​@@dtripodiwhat could happen if the moon was nuked?

[@alexeysaranchev6118]

USSR and USA were basically 2 kids on the beach digging holes lmao

[@projectpitchfork860]

Except with more money.

[@steveblack720]

Except usa kinda gave up immediately for some reason

[@foxtrot570]

Yeah the entire cold war was two children bragging about their toys

[@steveblack720]

@@foxtrot570 quite scary toys tbh

[@archwayfilms4362]

And throwing shit in the air the highest.

[@Andrew_94]

Kid: Let's dig a hole Kids: YEAHHH _____30 years later____ Adult: Let's dig a hole Adults: YEAHHHHHHHHH

[@The1guyUdontreallyremember]

Underrated.

[@CsykKrit]

The USSR: *Digs for decades* The earth: "Is it in yet?”

[@murodjon256]

Cursed comment

[@eea8794]

best comment

[@BlaketheBlock]

based earth

[@mrollins4684]

It's always about sex with you

[@firthlaist218]

America: “so, Earth …am I pleasing you…?” Earth: “wait …with your little finger …oooor?!” Earth: “daddy Russia …so deep!!” Russia: “…this is just the beginning, my красивая девушка!!”

[@jacksheahan3303]

That depth is the equivalent of not getting all the way through the skin of an apple

[@RicFlairDrip420]

Good one

[@ImmortalSteven]

good one

[@Lukas.Kurtock]

good one

[@PianoManaphy]

good one

[@bioniclewa]

good one

[@turnleft8645]

"dig down, it's not rocket science!" *_"No sir, I'm afraid it's harder..."_*

[@Yijyij1]

For real. Even submarining is harder... biofouling, pressure difference of 1 bar per 10m insted of just 1 bar, conductive salt water, transmission losses or transmission problems... only hard thing about space engenieering are the calculations and the engines probably 😅

[@macduchesne1849]

​@@Yijyij1 for someone who knows seems pretty clued up your idea of how difficult space flight is is severely ignorant😅

[@gayvegansucksd8138]

Yeahhhhhhhhhhh the deeper the harder

[@sakurasfish2115]

For someone who is someone and not someone you seem to be talking nonsense to no one ​@@macduchesne1849

[@a180combatbowsergamepro6]

​@@macduchesne1849 still not as hard

[@RealCrazyCoolYT]

“Oh shoot, I dropped my phone.”

[@rmsys18]

😂

[@st.altair4936]

So frickin cool that a seemingly meaningless task like digging a really deep hole led to scientific discoveries and inventions that we continue to use today.

[@Ya_Tut_Ne_Pri_Chem]

Another invention of the USSR was to equalize the rights of women and men. Anyone who is against the USSR is a sexist

[@jameswoods6523]

Seeming meaningless task?? What a weird take

[@jameswoods6523]

The very purpose was to make scientific discoveries

[@st.altair4936]

@@jameswoods6523 The space race and this one's main purpose on both the USSR and the US's side was propaganda, the scientific discoveries are a bonus. It's called the Cold War for a reason.

[@Sentient_Blob]

Big science/engineering projects often create many random advances in technology, just look at how much tech was invented for the moon landings

[@jaymie855]

US: Bro, stop it. You won already. USSR: I don't hear any bell.

[@jacksonhodge4638]

Copium for not making it to the Moon.

[@ShesTiredd]

​@@jacksonhodge4638 Making it to the moon first is the copium for not making it to the space first,lol

[@chubster3271]

@@jacksonhodge4638ussr still won the space race, they made it to space first. the us landing on the moon is just copium

[@wasabi5338]

"Y'know Mick used to tell me the fight aint over until the bell rings, and we havent heard no bell have we?" -Rocky 5

[@jal-kx6tm]

@@jacksonhodge4638 well they did technically make it to the moon first. the US had the first manned flight to the moon.

[@Just_Rick_137]

Am I the only one who thinks it's a really bad idea to dig super deep into the Earth?

[@theobserver9131]

Yep.

[@ordinarytoaster8550]

Never underestimate a man’s determination to dig a hole

[@Daniel_3322]

It's not just gonna be one man's determination, after a certain point other men will see the hole and start digging as well. It's unavoidable, it's in our Nature! So if you'd excuse me, I have a hole I need to start digging.

[@Ihopeyoudislocateyourarms]

​@@Daniel_3322bro is NOT Senku

[@napalminthemorning1677]

And a dwarf's too

[@lorantpapp07]

🎵I am a dwarf and im digging a hole Diggy diggy hole Diggy diggy hole🎵

[@CommandoMaster]

It's not about digging - it's about entering the hole :)

[@wlockuz4467]

US giving up at 600 ft and USSR just continue digging for more than 10 kilometres seems like a comic skit.

[@bor3549]

There are oil wells deeper then that (600ft) in the U.S. Difference is govt only shows interest ($)AFTER oil is found. Not much govt $ for purely scientific projects of that kind.

[@scatterlite2266]

Committing to an idea regardless of merit was the USSR specialty

[@AbsentMinded619]

US: “JK, we’re going to spend the rest of this money on jobs and food and stuff.” USSR: “Keep digging for the glory of Communism! First to reach mantle gets two crusts of bread!”

[@cornerconversation]

​@@bor3549knock knock I heard you guys got oil that isn't under my perception now give the oil to me before I bring democracy

[@testacals]

@@scatterlite2266 It had merit though. Scientific merit at least.

[@PritishBharti]

Maybe 'Drill Science' is harder than 'Rocket Science' after all.

[@jounlow]

the earth started to act like plastic. that's why they had to stop

[@awancah7309]

@@jounlow drill starte to act like plastic due temperature

[@wnkbp4897]

​@@awancah7309Just another technical challenge then...

[@jaylingraves8800]

Skill issue

[@arc8218]

Space is all about times, coz how big space is

[@RBenjo21]

This was literally a Doctor Who plotline 😂

[@Mr.Rostaski]

It's amazing to see that the deepest man-made hole is basically just not even a dent in the Earth's crust!

[@MrNote-lz7lh]

Yeah. And people actually have the willful ignorance to say we're running out of resources on Earth. We barely even scratched the surface of Earth resources.

[@Mr.Rostaski]

​@@MrNote-lz7lhExactly! We haven't even explored our whole Earth which could and will show us more resources. However, the current resources available on the "surface" of the Earth are actually depleting pretty fast.

[@MrNote-lz7lh]

@@Mr.Rostaski Like what? Fossil fuels don't count. They are cheap, but we have replacements for all of it use cases.

[@sazoneh821]

a third of the the crust sounds like a dent to me

[@Mr.Rostaski]

​@@sazoneh821 You're right, but what I basically meant was that compared to how thick the crust and mantle are, its really not that much.

[@iiturbulentii]

As someone who lives like a couple of hours away from that hole, here's a fun fact - the main reasons for stopping the digging were 1) The equipment started melting 2) The noises coming from inside (now assumed to be water and Earth's mantle) were so terrifying people thought they might've dug all the way down to hell

[@hemendraravi4787]

Is there any recording of the noise ?

[@ingridayarza]

​@@hemendraravi4787 I'm curious too now 😂

[@djmickeyTV]

​@@hemendraravi4787years ago there was a recording sounded like demons and people bawling (so they said). It might be on KZbin

[@427max]

@@djmickeyTVit most definitely is on KZbin and easy to find and it’s super creepy

[@user-ts1jm7fx4e]

Hell, of course, in the atheistic USSR, is definitely not due to lack of funding

[@AdityaRaj-sf8bl]

USSR and USA: *"Start digging"* Earth: _"Huh....termites"_

[@minimato7619]

😂😂

[@elephant_888]

Not even. 😂

[@nerminiskenderli4656]

Tis nothing but a scratch

[@bilboriches7216]

US understood that it was pointless from the start.

[@thesandmoose765]

We're barely a face mite

[@isaiahbaird1725]

We know so little, yet we act like we know it all. The same can be said about space and the universe. Just because you think something is true does not make it absolute truth. Theory's are theory's and they are just that. In reality, we may never know the absolute truth, but humanity is not satisfied. So we create are own truths based off of the few evidence we have. Even wose, we use those "truths" as further evidence which corrupts the whole system. We could discover something tomorrow that completely changes the way we study science.

[@isaiahbaird1725]

Cheers!😁

[@mk3suprafy]

Well said

[@nikkiesplats4450]

Wonderfully said 👏

[@KarunanithiNramachandran-qw8xi]

Like the three blind men and the elephant .

[@StreamBot121]

Yeah exactly like finding out there are even smaller particles than an Atom 😂😂

[@sierraj7480]

Its so hot cause theres no windows down there

[@fleurdewin7958]

Nope no Windows. Thats why the drilling equipments signaled these Soviet scientists "DOS-vedanya" (Goodbye) after hitting a certain depth.

[@cloaksandghosts]

Hmm maybe they should install an air conditioner down there?😂

[@ChobinoftheFunk]

Take your upvote and go.

[@chrxstt]

@@ChobinoftheFunkbro said upvote

[@ChobinoftheFunk]

@@chrxstt bro pointed out the obvious

[@shonuff7612]

All Bugs Bunny needed was a shovel

[@markpashia7067]

But he was slant drilling since he ended up in China.

[@Ali_art]

Funny af

[@bottimind8726]

criminally underrated comment

[@enigmag9538]

True🤔l

[@wyldhowl2821]

Well, he was the expert. After all once he sawed Florida clean off the rest of he US and it floated away.

[@PixleYTB]

ancient virus: that was a damn good nap

[@keifnoo]

Based

[@cye2310]

Mate, a virus cannot survive hot temperatures that hot

[@Jittrippin2050]

Heat: *bye* *bye*

[@lhanzejaredcarpio6037]

Ancient prehistoric creature: *who the hell keeps knocking*

[@drkylefreeman]

You still think a virus is pathogenic? Dead material cannot infect you, stop believing the narrative!

[@BruddaX]

She : its my first time.... Also her's

[@IMMA_MINER]

The race to see who can get to hell first☠️☠️☠️

[@Sir_Gugharde_Wuglis]

@@IMMA_MINER send in the doom guy.

[@marlonwebber4952]

😂😂😂😂😂😢

[@kirb709]

Of course the USSR was in the lead for that race

[@jackblack5082]

@@kirb709 lol the US knows it will win regardless if it tries or not

[@marcbaigrie2295]

America won in the end

[@Demonsta]

Perfect example of how science is not about the success stories, but about the journey of trial and error. So many innovations were made trying to get this done, and even though they stopped (for now) in the end, they still learned something valuable about the temperature at that depth.

[@Mech.01]

Me and the boys will continue the project, just fund us with some shovels and some cold beers and it’ll be done in less than 2

[@dhanurs8085]

Fr

[@SrChalice]

Y'all should also stop calling every damn thing science. Because trying to dig to the core of our planet is madness, waste of time and stupid. There are better things to put resources towards.

[@amazin7006]

The same things could have been created from any other project without having to waste billions of dollars worth of labor and materials lol. The cost of this project is equivalent to some of the most expensive projects ever

[@Symmetry_Obsessed_Freak]

@@SrChalice Well it WAS the USSR. (This is a joke for the one person who's going to try and flame me)

[@jacobgrant8188]

Nah, man. Too many skeletons and creepers spawning down there.

[@midnightegg4959]

That's why the US pulled funding. Too expensive

[@brooke6472]

Creeper? Aww man...

[@thephoenixsystem6765]

Sounded like they somehow breached the Nether ceiling instead of the void. Earth has mods.

[@samhk009]

@@midnightegg4959I US wanted the world to know that they pulled out 😂

[@couldntcreateagoodname]

yeah, and zombies and endermen and spiders etc

[@lolkekcheburek3007]

My trypophobia did NOT expect these organisms

[@ummulbanaat365]

Mine tooooo😭😭😭😭😭

[@gothsport8814]

"mY TrYpOphOBiA 🤓"

[@RealUtterNonsense]

The USSR really tried to build a Hellevator

[@luvspiders1818]

bro they didnt even reach crimstone/ebonstone yet

[@SuperHornetA51]

*plays terraria underground theme.*

[@datboimcdude7655]

@@luvspiders1818 trynna hellavator before world evil dead? hell nahh

[@DONUTZ489GAP]

@@SuperHornetA51🤣🤣

[@renattasbolat4532]

in USSR nobody was religious to believe that there can be a hell or demons.

[@DeEmperor1]

The USSR dug other holes too and one of them accidentally hit a well of flammable minerals and started an endless fire. They spent 3 years trying all sorts of things to put out the fire, but all failed. Until some scientists came up with the crazy idea to use a nuclear bomb to shift the earth down there and seal the hole. They drilled a second hole next to it, inserted their nuclear bomb and exploded it. It shifted the earth around the place like an earthquake can move land. That plan worked. Fire went out permanently.

[@Anastazka00]

:O

[@nikkischreiner2466]

Thats hot

[@DeEmperor1]

@@nikkischreiner2466 Nikki what's hot?

[@chaosinc.382]

That's one way to fight fire with fire!

[@ProxyDoug]

They really went with the nuclear option with that one.

[@dmandal.jaalcar]

I think the USSR was also seriously thinking about Geothermal Energy, which was a big thing at that time. If you manage to access an enormous high temperature heat source like the Earth's core, you can run heat engines almost endlessly, without having to burn fuel or create environmental degradation. Wonder why most countries eventually gave up the plan?

[@zechariah22]

I'm not sure, but there are some places that do have more geothermal energy, like volcanic hotspots. Though you have to be careful there because if the ground is prone to earthquakes, that can break all of your equipment because it's, well, in the ground

[@sunshineandwarmth]

Forced to by the companies that were making money to keep them from doing it. Why do you think we don't use all the methods we know how to do to save the planet? Feed the ppl of the world? Make everyone well?😢❤

[@JohnySilver7]

It’s still used. In Sweden half a million homes run on shallow geothermal heating (and no, it’s not like Iceland with hot springs)

[@dmandal.jaalcar]

@@zechariah22 Yes, it's definitely challenging from the engineering pov. Still, the rewards could be pretty high.

[@morisn]

Why did they give up? money, for sure. Not worth the digging.

[@Sj0846]

Earth: Is it in yet?

[@Clock_Man_2763]

USSR: *Digs for roughly 20 years* The Earth: “Tis but a scratch”

[@Zosan-forever]

Monty python and the holy grail reference, I am here

[@arcguardian]

Not even a scratch, which is the amazing part.

[@JamesMason888]

Humanity: I'm invincible! Earth: You're loon!

[@peterrraklliproductions2020]

@@arcguardian Tis but a flesh wound!

[@matthewclark7955]

The difference in temperature only that short distance down is absolutely extraordinary

[@DaTimmeh]

Terrifying, just how warm it gets down there, I was thinking the same thing.

[@AA-db9cb]

Yes. Amazing we even have a solid crust considering how most of the planet is a rock slurry.

[@mission3479]

It took millions of years for the crust to form when it was just molt​en rock before@@AA-db9cb

[@respectkindness-oj6xz]

drills start burning when spinning fast, not sure if depth was relevant

[@spicysalad3013]

@@AA-db9cb tbf, the earth was a molten ball of slurry for billions of years before outer space froze the crust a little lol

[@enisyoutube56]

USA: I reached moon😊 USSR: I reached hell💀 (and I heard it)

[@aurorazoe6011]

Glad someone mentioned it.

[@LSG101097]

USSR: reached moon first anyway

[@Dexuz]

@@aurorazoe6011 The sounds were likely water.

[@awlomthesheepermen]

It’s funny because the soviets also accomplished almost all the challenges of the space race first, we just happened to get someone up there first, so like the soviets weren’t incompetent when it came to that either

[@Yonaqusf]

@@Dexuzdidn’t know water can scream in agony

[@thestuff10]

And the earth and the whole universe just happened randomly out of pure chance... yeah right.

[@xunqianbaidu6917]

I mean, you happened out of pure chance so

[@thestuff10]

@xunqianbaidu6917 if you want to believe that, go right ahead, but that's not what I think.

[@xunqianbaidu6917]

@@thestuff10 So you're saying that a god guided the exact sperm to the egg? At what point do we all just admit that this is all just a bit silly?

[@RachelDoesntknow]

The science to come out of the USSR is one of the most interesting things. They threw around so much funding just letting scientists try shit out and it resulted in so many game-changing studies. Obv there are major complications, moral dilemmas, etc, but the amalgamation of science out of the USSR is objectively fascinating.

[@dicas1988]

The Russians. 😂😂😂

[@fish1068]

@@dicas1988 what>

[@Kriegerdammerung]

Not for nothing Kennedy offered them to cooperate in a public speech two month before his assassination. The channel Thunderf00t covered that in a video about Elon Musk rockets :/

[@qtkxtsh2074]

It's amazing what can you achieve without worrying about profits

[@archise3191]

they let their engineers go wild on their space program too

[@TyeTTR]

Nah the USSR making a hellevator 😭

[@Chan-Dan]

Didn't even made through surface 😂

[@fokinruski3705]

they was about to dig "doors"-elevator ☠️

[@p4sm4ter]

they cant afford enough dynamite from demolitionist

[@mercellineakinyi-yo1hn]

😅😅

[@thisismychannel607]

I remember reading one time that they lowered a mic down there and described the sound as millions of voices screaming 😱

[@zanderjuico1104]

The USSR forgot to use slimes, pistons, honey blocks, redstone, and tnt dupers

[@pr00009]

😂

[@Eyeball_child_8icecreams]

Just saying

[@Trixi-nv1ck]

@@Eyeball_child_8icecreamsWHAT 🤯🤯

[@tdpuuhailee8222]

​@@Eyeball_child_8icecreams It is a joke, captain obvious.

[@user-kz4yj7bm9v]

For real

[@lovely0482]

Y'all keep digging. Y'all going too crack the earth in half 😂

[@kiyukiiian]

I dont recommend digging straight down, you might just end up in lava.

[@bobbymoss6160]

Modern human civilization doesn't have the technology to dig through the crust...

[@curtbaracuda2848]

magma.

[@ProfessionalEpic1488]

​@@curtbaracuda2848it's a minecraft joke🤫

[@fwy8667]

guys, where is steve?

[@ghjk193]

​@@curtbaracuda2848 since it's connected to the outside via the hole it technically becomes lava right ?

[@arjitmishra100]

The USSR's scientific contributions are nothing to be scoffed at. They were mad geniuses.

[@BOBHLDRMN]

@arjitmishra100 : Think about it .....Can you believe anything that comes out of Communist mouth ........ (( I'm not saying they're lying this exact time .... I'm saying they're not a very good credible source of information at all .. !!

[@zackbrown1865]

They were humans too

[@sibsnake]

they invented smartphones and other stuff we use today, but the government didnt accept those geniuses so now these inventions belong to other countries where they emigrated

[@BOBHLDRMN]

@zackbrown1865 : really ... look AT ALL OF THEIR GODLESS works and rethink that too ... ???? Un- civilized!!!

[@scottgray4623]

Just the Venera program alone blows my mind. 🤯

[@brianbridgeford6820]

Even if the Soviets didn't get very far, they learned stuff on our collective behalf and developed useful technology. So no failure! It's testimony that Ma Nature is tough to probe and likes to make us humans sweat for her secrets. And obviously, exploring really deep geology has to be a collection of the toughest secrets of all

[@auriccarnage7388]

This right here proves that geothermal is viable.

[@vixen878]

The soviets were unbelievably based and intelligent

[@DanJT10]

How did they get up and down

[@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel]

@@DanJT10 the same way the drill got down, a machine pulling it up and down

[@Merthalophor]

Weird untertone in your message. The soviets got way way further than america did.

[@sirmackavelli1819]

US: alright you win we can stop this now USSR: *NYET*

[@unrighteous8745]

Kind of funny that it wound up being easier to get to the moon than to dig a really deep hole.

[@mess_en_ger]

It's like how we know more about the space than we know about the ocean. Even though ocean takes up about 71% of the earth's space but 95% of ocean is yet to be explored.

[@dosendaring]

it's even funnier if we dig deep hole on the moon....

[@artv9036]

So the inner core and outer core is just a theory ? Not a fact , human never reach that deep

[@raviolithebest8644]

I mean one project probably didn’t get as much funding as the other

[@SantaCloos]

@@mess_en_gerlmao we know absolutely nothing about space

[@centonze1116]

Thinking that we explored more places in space than on the Earth's core is crazy to think about

[@peterpiper3790]

Exactly there’s so much to discover

[@markjaycox8811]

THERE'S NO SPACE UNDER A DOME-ONLY AIR. SPACE IS OUTSIDE OUR DOME. THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS SPACE SUITS, THEY ARE AIR SUITS. THERE'S ONLY ONE DEVICE KNOWN TO ALLOW A HUMAN TO "BE" OUTSIDE OUR DOME AND ITS THE OBJECT BEING USED ON THE FLOOR OF EL CASTILLO IN CHICHEN ITZA- the same device I describe in my regression on KZbin- the deepest journey through Time, ever recorded. Yes, I'm the 2012 Apocalypse August 19, and CTC radio proves it- much to their chagrin.

[@_yeojo]

our ground and our ocean at this point is way more mysterious than our space, it's kinda hilarious when you think about that

[@ElHyperion]

It's difficult to believe that drilling so deep (although comparatively not deep at all) is still a lot harder than sending robotic probes to other places in our solar system nowadays. I wonder if we ever decide to shove more funding into the exploration of the depths of our Earth as well.

[@joshuadevsimmz6396]

@@centonze1116 because we haven't really explored space.

[@los-lobos]

Can’t wait for the next 0.1% where we find even bigger spiders than there are in Australia

[@kurtjoseph6232]

Scientifically impossible

[@UnsolicitatedWisdom]

@@kurtjoseph6232thank you scientist man for explaining that large spiders dont live underground my small brain would have never assumed that the above liar could be lying about large spiders living underground thank you so much for speaking your truth scientist man

[@samgilkison5481]

​@UnsolicitatedWisdom he clearly meant there is no spiders bigger than ours doofus

[@SatouKazuma]

​@@UnsolicitatedWisdom where equipments started to melt spider would do just fine.

[@kurtjoseph6232]

@@UnsolicitatedWisdom for someone who sassy you don't pick up on sass very well.

[@blackwolf6719]

Thats not the reason they stopped. They found out that Earth aint a football

[@DBK9000]

So if we're playing Terraria, we're still up here fighting slimes with copper weapons.

[@spoono]

W comment

[@Petra999]

I'm playing terraria right now😂

[@SentinalSlice]

I’m going to be doing the calamity mod soon, hopefully with my friends. Funny to see terraria mentioned here.

[@ClassyYellow]

​@@SentinalSlicecalamity mod is so fun

[@Andrew_the_guide]

Im up here with my bow and ur just digging..

[@Pocketlol1]

I'm so happy she didn't mention that stupid story about a person who put a microphone in that hole and heard screams from hell down there. It was a popular story back in the days.

[@tantalus_complex]

And fake, too, as you know. But for anyone else: that audio has been analyzed and debunked. Don't believe the crazy bat-boy tabloids.

[@ilovefuzzycats]

Good ole christian paranoia

[@user-rl8hf8kt1r]

​@@ilovefuzzycatsmore like Abrahamic paranoia

[@NeroCraft.]

christian paranoia

[@emaanserghini1919]

Wtf who believes Hell is under us 😂

[@Pradizilla]

Why does that one fossil look like a gaming controller💀

[@Dogappel]

Back on the year 912 they didn’t invent plastic yet

[@mattjirgal1676]

Half life 3 confirmed

[@gussampson5029]

It's SpongeBob's square pants.

[@kmm2-whjyt2secondsago.10]

@@gussampson5029Bro 😂

[@alessandromazzini7026]

👽👽👽

[@dunamisd]

The fact that we still dont have confirmation about what is down there really bothers me

[@ShoeLobster45]

uh, rock, and then some hotter rock, and then a bunch of metal

[@rog69]

Do u want the gates of hell wide open??

[@isymfs]

Putting the size of the earth in perspective like that blows my mind. Its actually so crazy.

[@BunnySpaceMachine]

Yeah...but 1 light year is approximately 5.88 trillion miles. That's 5,880,000,000,000...it would take 31,710 years to count to 1 trillion. That's some crazy perspective right there.

[@LesterCrest.I]

Whoever she is, she look like A man.

[@BirkinIdk]

That’s why, while I love space, I think Earth is more interesting. There’s so much about Earth that we still just don’t know. And we all just kinda accept that we pop out of nowhere onto this ball flying through a vacuum at millions of miles per hour, and understand nothing about it in the grand scheme of things. To me, life and the Earth are the two most intriguing things in.. well, the world.

[@doyledias9800]

Wait we don't just pop on this ball? 😥

[@aurias42]

Then you have people like me who kind of just disregard space and the Earth (although I do like space) for the interest of fantasy realms and the creative imagination of what could be but is not Such fascinating different priorities

[@SandwichDoctorZ]

​@@doyledias9800 Checkmate, atheists💀

[@daishusgaming5057]

We already figured out mostly how we "popped out of nowhere". We did all of that several years ago. We know our origins in the lifetime of this planet and how we got to the modern day. But the one thing we still don't really know is the creation of the universe itself and the other things in this vacuum of space we haven't discovered. We only have very loose theories. That's mostly the point of researching space. Your comment kinda confuses me really. You talk first about how researching the Earth is more interesting then you bring up subjects relating to space. Like "we pop out of nowhere onto this ball flying through a vacuum at millions of miles per hour, and understand nothing in the grand scheme of things". The way we would figure out how this ball first came to be, why it is moving millions of miles in the vacuum of space, and how the first forms of life came to exist on earth would be through researching mostly space and similar examples to Earth. Also, focusing on a single planet in a vast array of planets, galaxies, stars, super novas, black holes, dark matter, and the universe, would not help us figure out "the grand scheme of things". In fact, I would say that is the opposite. This reply is mostly just to engage in the topic and not meant to be attacking your comment about liking research on Earth. I read back my reply to myself and I could see how someone could misinterpret that much.

[@alexanderhaakan8829]

And Earth is part of space. Now think on the many planets out there with their mantles and cores....

[@tehdogefather6546]

My brain, "What if someone fell in?" Me, "Shut up."

[@StanislavSasin]

Forgot to mention that the hole is about 15cm or around 6 inches wide meaning even a child could not fall the hell in

[@StanislavSasin]

@Tekaginator well that's NOW but imagine during the work when the drill had to be raised in order to fix it it probably was open then.

[@_CheshireCat_]

*Undertale theme starts to play*

[@spaspieler5687]

@Tekaginator Be honest - who wouldn't? ;-)

[@bestboisoupsoup]

"Uhm... Where's the drill?" "In the hole" *_DRAMATIC MUSIC STING_*

[@inakhoshezi5840]

Tell them how their equipment heard the chaotic screams of hell down there.

[@SsCyclooxygenase]

The US and USSR were so much more productive when they were racing for more than nukes

[@159456176]

Thanks to Ukraine and especially Zelensky is over!!!

[@RogueZ-734]

@@159456176Huh, what’s going on with Ukraine and races?

[@kuraxenarequiem5280]

@@159456176 lol really? ukraine and zelensky, ussr ended 2 decades ago bro.

[@jinfin221]

​@@159456176what lol

[@jinfin221]

​@@neko7606so in a way capitalism 😂

[@SigmaLegendus69]

humans haven't unlocked the Minecraft enchantments so the buffs to the equipment can help dig faster and further with efficiency and precision.

[@fabiocoelho4873]

unfortunately we also discovered that we have a bedrock layer too, and we can't glitch under it

[@cryochick9044]

​@@fabiocoelho4873we just don't have blue enough balls yet

[@zaaya7719]

I miss the days when this is how countries would beef, bring back the wholesome exploratory races fr

[@mrobocop1666]

Yeah, one World hegemon is always means stagnation of science, culture, discovery, economy, even education and demography. Thankfully, 30 years of US/West domination are coming to an end a hope it will never repeat. Let Putin's concept of multipolar World in peaceful competition will thrive and push all humanity forward

[@someonethirsty1957]

Yeah, also, the Cold War. When nuclear tensions were high and we were on the brink of nuclear war, ie. Cuban Missile Crisis. Let’s bring that back, so wholesome.

[@Badname2011]

gotta get rid of nukes first.

[@sanekyt7040]

​@@someonethirsty1957 he said exploratory races, not global conflicts. i understand those very races were during the cold war but we view those races without it

[@joseislanio8910]

​@@sanekyt7040 one would've happened without the other?

[@thereasonableconsumer]

Heat and pressure down there creates diamonds from carbon.

[@arifariffulislam2246]

Wow

[@arifariffulislam2246]

I heard that diamond is being produced in lab this days

[@kepler-q186]

if you dig that deep, the earth will become a donut.

[@tropic2860]

Digging down wouldn’t make the world a donut it would still be dirt and stone not a donut you can’t eat it

[@udontevenwannaknowbruv]

False, I eat dirt all the time so yes it would become a donut

[@quantumxnah1n]

Real ​@@tropic2860

[@bloodclaat]

@@udontevenwannaknowbruvFor your sentence you would use “true” not “false” it doesn’t make sense what you’ve said as you contradict yourself.

[@cilli5866]

@@tropic2860😢 but i want earth donut

[@gromswowguide7927]

In kindergarten i was digging a hole and was told that if i digged much further i’d dig my way to china, so i spent half of the day digging, only to find a weird looking Beetle 30 inches or so down that i was convinced must be a chinese. The reason i remember so clearly is that it really was an impactful event seeing as i had no idea the chinese were beetles.

[@Babihrse]

And so you called beetles Chinese.

[@KAlberich]

As a Chinese person- wait no, beetle, this made me giggle so much i choked on my water

[@mikejettusa]

That just made my day, lol 😂​@@KAlberich

[@jasonconn1972]

Potato bug I would guess.😊

[@chrisbrennan9173]

Ya that must've been the Covid carrying Beetle that infected the whole country. You thought you just had a cool show n tell prop. No sir. You and your won ton digging almost killed us all.

[@mr.turtlehistory5565]

Bro disobeyed the Golden rule of Minecraft!

[@russellclarke1997]

Don't dig straight down😂

[@Osama-Bon-Jovi-01]

That's cos they're playing Terraria 😂

[@TumnulziPurewdorj]

USSR took the “if there is a hole there is a goal” joke seriously 😂

[@lyphasaurus4134]

"bro can you place water at the bottom? Im gonna jump down"

[@evanfields6478]

12 km bucket clutch

[@comettripper]

Jump with the bucket. Like a real steve.

[@Baababoiii]

Still not the biggest clutch tho

[@amandeepkaurhayer7091]

bro have a stack of likes 😮

[@DanMan738]

America be like: “stop we need to save money for WWIII”

[@PeaceOz_introv.]

😂😂😂

[@justinlumpkin1874]

you just perfectly explained America's social safety net

[@blazer9547]

Nah, we put a man on the moon. A lot actually

[@shashankraj6818]

Or to create ,lol

[@nachiketp20]

Or maybe divert funds to land on moon and win space race

[@Google]

For 20 years, their Google Calendar just said "dig"

[@rafvkk]

Oh, hi Google

[@randomlightstand]

IS THAT GOOGLE

[@Callixtus01]

GOOGLE?!?

[@hypejunkie5866]

I hate you google

[@juandt1234]

what is bro doing here

[@Akbhar_kaBaap]

An ancient virus says hii

[@Abyss8564]

So hear me out, just start dropping TNT minecarts.

[@randomotaku3283]

I mean using nukes for odd occasions isn't far off from what they did. They nuked a gas fire to put it out, Uzbekistan gas fire.

[@ThePinchiwero]

Just get a lot of silverfish, hit them with a potion and watch them dig a huge hole

[@el_gatoNegro]

​@@ThePinchiwero I think that I got what you are referencing.

[@trappestarrgaming3422]

Isnt that the eternal fire

[@kimkillillasfuq8212]

​@ThePinchiwero wait, does that work in 1.21 and what potion do I need?

[@figo2989]

“We don’t care if we go broke we keep on going” - USSR probably

[@cadennorris960]

USSR foreign policy summed up.

[@holly_gmTwb]

Basically 😂

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Considering that the Soviet Union was only 50% of the USA's GDP, the amount of money used for sains was extraordinary.

[@georgecarlin2097]

​@@carkawalakhatulistiwaYep. The entire Soviet unions GDP (equivalent) barely reached a peak of 30-50% of the US's alone depending on your source, despite having >2x the population, as well as well over 3x the land area.

[@AlpineTheHusky]

@@carkawalakhatulistiwa Well they barely have any debt so they can spend whatever they like

[@BlackSalamander439]

Bros let their intrusive thoughts win

[@1baconhairqualquer231]

@@ravshiv9702 "what if we just dig a really deep hole?"

[@Kookie437e]

They are inside earth 😳

[@AlastorEvans]

I wish life had a trypophobia filter

[@lorddampnut5275]

USSR took that manly desire to dig a big hole to a new level

[@bwshermanthenon-germansher6040]

The craziest thing I’ve ever heard was this: “with all the mountains and deep sea trenches the earth’s surface is still smoother than a pingpong ball (when they would be scaled to the same size)”. It’s crazy to believe how “small” our mountains are that a seemingly smooth ball would’ve bigger ones when scaled to earth’s size

[@GrzegorzDurda]

Yeah Neil was really reaching with this one.

[@connycontainer9459]

so you saying it's kinda flat ?

[@user-oy7vm6xf5t]

I believe he said 7 times smoother than a cueball.

[@qdaniele97]

What's craziest to me is the ball bearings for the gyroscopes of some NASA space probe launched a couple of years ago were so precisely made that if they were to be scaled to the size of Earth the difference between the highest peak and deepest valley on them would be less than 3 meters.

[@Hello1tsm3]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@diabl2master]

I love this sort of thing. It starts with "let's just dig as far down as we can for the sake of it" and inevitably there are incredible discoveries and inventions along the way.

[@secretsauceskateboarding4337]

All the best things start out as a joke 😂

[@bryansmith2479]

Thats how it starts though doesn’t it ?lol not to get all deep …. We started by looking up at the stars which lead to finding new patterns of weather and cosmological changes and new places…. Which lead to more discoveries … which lead to more discoveries …. New places and more discoveries . Its like one big adventure since our ape ancestors started playing with rocks . One rock led us to a different rock with a different purpose…

[@SoraSkyAtic]

USA: Gives up diamond USSR: Kept digging on diamond

[@mrabhi100k]

We need that damn Dune earthworm to make the job.

[@LogicalError007]

That too won't be able to do anything cause the planet where worms lives have a soft surface and underground. There's a reason why the poles of that planet are safe from worms because those places have a harder surface and under the surface. In the books worms were moved to other planets but couldn't survive in other places.

[@nishthagupta1357]

Don't spoil it😭

[@SoggyBody]

​@nishthagupta1357 omg u just did it ✋️😭

[@MechMK1]

The very important bit was that rock acted more like putty at that depth. You couldn't really dig through it as much as you'd just mush it around. It seems a lot of people struggle with the idea of rock not being "rock hard" when very hot.

[@julianbrelsford]

I knew that if you go far enough down, it's just liquid. And tools designed to dig holes do not make holes in liquid

[@MechMK1]

@@julianbrelsford Indeed, but "putty rock" comes even before the liquid. It's not fully liquid yet, nor fully solid. It just doesn't go through.

[@andrewrock7409]

Putty is a good way of saying it

[@RachelDoesntknow]

Underrated comment

[@swhat9203]

@@MechMK1 So like rocky mud?

[@turnleft8645]

you have to admit, you can't help but love the competition between USSR and America - they were like Goku and Vegeta trying to continuously outdo each other

[@ciuciobelo]

Yes, but the thing is Russia did a lot of things while us and a did actually nothing.

[@baron6797]

​@@ciuciobelojust like Vegeta and Goku

[@jacobm-yv9kw]

@@ciuciobelo what do you mean did nothing. We made it to the moon, and outdid Russia in the arms race, and much more.

[@Warlikesaturn62]

@@jacobm-yv9kwpreach brother

[@ipilotaneva2586]

@@jacobm-yv9kwoutdid them in the arms race like it’s a good thing. They also got sputnik out first

[@FittedSheetGaming]

Alright Soviets... we'll let you have this one

[@afkathisguy]

We're really just a bunch of tardigrades, living on a basketball

[@tropic2860]

The earth is a planet not a basketball

[@heroscapewarrior4217]

​@@tropic2860 nah its a basketball

[@tropic2860]

@@heroscapewarrior4217 No that’s impossible, a basketball is a ball that people use when playing the sport

[@dreadaby]

​@tropic2860 it's was a dumb metaphor he was not literally get smarter

[@alexbg9287]

@@tropic2860 I play baseball with the planet

[@exoboi6974]

The US: this is a waste of resources we're going to stop. The USSR: I ain't hear no bell.

[@riley8385]

For the record it led to many scientific and technological developments that we use now worldwide so it was absolutely not a waste of resources.

[@exoboi6974]

@@riley8385 for the record jokes aren't meant to be taken seriously

[@vitalikozubs1169]

And now the USSR does not exist, I wonder why?)

[@moscanaveia]

"This is a waste of resources" because the US is all about not wasting shit right?

[@Nupetiet]

​@@vitalikozubs1169 the pizza hut bastard

[@purplecouch4767]

I'm guessing the workers were like, "I'm tired of this, grandpa".

[@projotce]

THAT'S TOO DAMN BAD!

[@KouuToriProductions]

You keep diggin'!

[@FindingMomo2317]

Is that a reference to Holes?

[@zacheryhernadez1084]

Yep! ​@@FindingMomo2317

[@purplecouch4767]

@@thatpandaz6094 Neat!

[@RASCAL011]

No "OGGY AND THE COCKROACHES" harmed in this video 😂😂😂

[@KazekiTenshi]

Small correction: The ratio to center of the earth is actually 12.2 Km / 6371 Km ≈ 0.002, giving the percentage 0.2%

[@giorgiolelmi8175]

You're completely right. How people dare miss these fundamental errors

[@user-gn1cl9ix7p]

@@giorgiolelmi8175 "Fundamental errors." Like how to properly construct a sentence and use punctuation? Or does that not count?

[@Bitfire31337]

​@@user-gn1cl9ix7pTBF, a KZbin comment, probably of a non-native speaker, should not be held to the same standards as the videos of a scientific KZbin channel with several million views. Still, I'd rather call it an oversight than a "fundamental" error.

[@OmnipotentNoodle]

​@@user-gn1cl9ix7p wee woo grammar police here to be unnecessarily mean to probably an ESL speaker 🚨🚔🚨

[@giorgiolelmi8175]

@user-gn1cl9ix7p Thank you for pointing out the grammatical errors in my comment. As a non-native English speaker, I am aware of the importance of precise communication, especially when discussing technical details. I appreciate your feedback and will ensure I pay more attentian on my future comments to reflect a higher standard of clarity and accuracy.

[@janputz4157]

Digging as deep as possible sounds like a cool idea on paper and a horrible plan in action.

[@leashaayn7306]

💯

[@joshuablair7028]

Just ask Balin

[@m.w.wilson234]

@0:39 these drill bits for digging deep oil wells (with three cog wheels) were originally the patent of Hughes Tool Company, Howard Hughes' father made the millions Howard Hughes inherited. Hughes Tool Company would pass out little medals, representations of these bits, for years of company service, to its employees to wear on their belts; my father wore his proudly.

[@nataliabrady8454]

I am so glad your page popped up in my reels. i am so sick of mindless “content” and “influencers” exposing other people. Your videos are so educational and interesting

[@georgem8744]

It's amazing how fast suggestions do change on KZbin.. All it takes is a few days watching that sort of crap and it's literally all you will get in your suggestions ... good thing is if you start watching exclusively education stuff then within a couple days it's the vast majority of what you get pop up in suggestions so at least it works both ways 😊

[@leightonlawrence8832]

All i get is videos about electricity, engineering, interrogations, and police chases. Its all stuff you tend to click on.

[@BloodNote]

Same. I love these type of videos. Give me fun and educational.

[@Dontyoutrust]

The reason why they stopped digging is that they heard sounds from hell(audio available on youtube)

[@conquestpulls]

Mining down in minecraft and falling into lava be like… 💀

[@user-of1kg3fd6x]

LMAO😂

[@unknownboi4414]

When she says " *_Is that how deep you can go?_* " and you ain't letting it slide away

[@erselo2477]

She is awesome!

[@LolyPoly-dz2xn]

Just drop a light saber vertically.

[@wodentheone-eyed1289]

that actually sounds like a good idea lol, but only on a fictious universe

[@Daniel-jm8we]

Hmm. Could a Jedi force open a hole in the ground continuously in a drop?

[@philliparnestenbro3607]

​@@wodentheone-eyed1289 hmmm, like rick and morty season 6 episode 10, perchance?

[@carpentemusic]

If a saber like that were a reality, the hilt would overheat before the saber ever could do damage. Would leave a very long hole, though.

[@Wild-Card07]

@@philliparnestenbro3607 I was gonna say the same thing.

[@sqronce]

I want more science races, but like, without the threat of geopolitical consequences. I just feel like everyone gets motivated by a good contest.

[@a5193]

Every now and then I’m just reminded of the scale of this planet.

[@spvillano]

And just think, on a general scale of things, our planet is tiny. Indeed, Jupiter is rather small compared to most other gas giants in the galaxy.

[@MarioMastar]

@@spvillano Kind of scary to really think about how big the universe really is.... and the odds that somehow humans are the only organism in the universe who have just the right collection of molecules and cells to form brains complex enough to care enough to figure this stuff out. XD Still given the nearest galaxy is a few lightyears away, we probably wouldn't know what's going on in other galaxies right now even at best. KIND of hope we figure out warping while I'm still alive. XD

[@spvillano]

@@MarioMastar entertaining is, consider how we started with radio broadcasting, counting only from when we finally began to transmit signals that could leave the planet, let alone star system. Over time, our electronics grew more sensitive, so emitted power decreased on transmissions. Meanwhile, the universe is screaming with noise from planets, stars, nebulae, diffuse gas clouds, masers, accretion discs and more, all of which would drown out such weak transmissions. And we're straining to hear any similar from other stars, while basically randomly listening to a few at a time. We could trivially have a relatively noisy peer neighbor 100 light years away or closer and not notice. So, even if we got some super warp speed travel, we'd not know to head their way.

[@tesmith47]

Not that big

[@spvillano]

@@tesmith47 nine inches across, 7.6 miles deep. Big enough to well, get into trouble due to unanticipated conditions. I suspect that it's still a mantle hotspot, due to how quickly things got hotter than anticipated. Those weren't thought of when that project started.

[@ExtrovertedIntrovert123]

Me and the boys at the beach: “alright guys we have a milestone to beat!!!”

[@MUSAABDLHKM]

USSR tryinna find bedrock😂

[@ps5user155]

I can make your bedrock, girl

[@foxyolk]

@@ps5user155 budy

[@hespudo]

I always thought the deepest holes on earth were known as kardashians 😂

[@GDSyde]

Me building a hellevator: Edit: TYSM guys for 500 likes this is a milestone

[@Straatum7]

Terraria reference spotted

[@TheRobloxian754]

TERRARIA!!!

[@Archonoflogic]

Takes just as long as in game

[@PhantomChaos76]

Ultrakill will be real in 1 seconds

[@kevinreynaga6340]

Did she say, "So hot it was like plastic"?

[@Katimulator]

At school we had to write a story in science about digging to the centre of the earth so we could remember the different sections. The end of my story I said that when the drill reached the centre the earth cracked open and the world ended, safe to say my teacher didn't like it

[@Dexuz]

I would have A+ you.

[@OrdinaryLoon6865]

That’s just the average boys beach trip

[@minecraftslegacycommunity486]

Fr

[@deanhatch4179]

Just imagine all the geothermal energy that could be produced from that one bore hole, not to mention hundreds