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The Cave in Romania Sealed Off for 5 Million Years

Under a quiet field in Romania, there is a world that has not seen the sun in over five million years. No one knew it was there. In 1986, workers drilling near the Black Sea broke into a hidden cave, sealed off from the surface since long before our story began.

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