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This map shows where you’d pop up if you dug straight through the Earth!

Finally, the answer to the question we have all asked at some point in our childhood

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Where would you end up if you dug straight downwards? Apart from dead, of course.

We’ve all wondered it – and, if you’re in the UK, we’ve all assumed you would emerge – hot, sweaty and with your spade – somewhere in Australia.

Nope, it turns out you’d end up in the ocean just off the south-east coast of New Zealand.

That’s according to Antipodes Map, a tool where you can find out exactly where you’d end up from wherever you are.

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Spoiler: Whatever you do, don’t dig downwards forever if you’re in the UK.

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