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Mar 2024
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Did You Know That There's a Place in the...

Danny Ballan
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Discover Point Nemo, the most remote spot in the ocean. It's so far from land that the closest humans are often astronauts in space!

Find the full transcript of this episode and learn more about it on https://englishpluspodcast.com/point-nemo-the-loneliest-place-on-earth/

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