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TIL of Dashrath Manjhi, an Indian man who manually carved a path 110 m long, 9.1 m wide and 7.6 m deep through a hill using only a hammer and chisel over the course of 22 years, shortening travel from his village, Gehlaur, to the town of Gaya from 55km to 15km.

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