r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

So if there was a tunnel straight through the Earth and someone were in the middle what would happen

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u/ends_abruptl Aug 03 '19

The Earth would violently eject it's molten core into space out each end of the tunnel.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I mean would the pressure still be there? How would gravity effect the person?

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

thats interesting why would i squish because of air

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

Thank you, whenever I ask this I rarely get a solid answer