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Sep 2022
51m 47s

The Bizarre History of the Hollow Earth

BEN CUTMORE
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Far from being a modern, internet crackpot idea, hollow earth theory has walked a long and winding path, many centuries old. From the mythological pits of hell, to the pseudo-scientific theories of the enlightenment, right through to modern science fiction, founding philosophies of utopian cults and even tenuous links with the Nazis, the proponents have been ... Show More
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