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TIL the deepest mine in the world, Mponeng in S. Africa, has rock faces 140-degrees due to proximity to Earth’s core, and is inhabited by “ghost minders” – pale criminals armed with AKs and beer bottle grenades who reside in the shafts for months at a time to steal gold.

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