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TIL Place on Earth furthest from land is Point Nemo or Pole of inaccessibility. It is a cemetery for the satellites and space stations. Over 263 satellites including MIR, 142-ton Russian Space Station have been crashed here. NASA is planning to crash International Space Station here at 2028.

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