Underground giants: our six most impressive tunnel systems
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When Did Humans Become a Burrowing Species? - Atlas Obscura
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New quantum scanners detect underground tunnels with uncanny accuracy – Matthew Griffin
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Six Incredible Man-Made Underground Structures in the World
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Prehistoric Giant Ground Sloths Dug Enormous Underground Tunnels
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Inside the biggest Hamas tunnel ever found: Israel releases video from giant underground labyrinth that was built by terror chief's brother and spans 2.5 miles beneath war-torn Gaza
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Extending Munich's Underground Rail System
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TIL there are hundreds of 1000-year-old underground tunnel systems in Bavaria, and nobody really knows who built them or what they're for. : r/todayilearned
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The Israel-Hamas Tunnel War Will Be Like No Other
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Massive Tunnels Dug by Ancient Sloths Big as Elephants.
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Inside the huge London super sewer designed to fight river pollution
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The world's most beautiful tunnels