[Science] Work to start on the deepest underground lab

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	[Science] Work to start on the deepest underground lab

Laxon

6-22-2009 10:29 PM

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reclip, siux falls, s.d, black hills, south dakota, science lab, six empire state buildings

Laxon says:

Ugh hundreds of bad movies pop up into my head after reading this. If you trust Hollywood. They are all going to die.

Lucky for them I dont put much trust in hollywood.

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