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World's Biggest Cave Discovered?

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(April 30) - A group of cavers exploring the Vietnamese jungle say they've come across the world's biggest cave.
The massive passage, which measures 656 feet high and 492 feet wide, was found by a British-Vietnamese caving team this year in the country's Nha-Ke Bang National Park, according to a report in The Sun newspaper.
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The newly uncovered Hang Son Doong -- or Mountain River Cave -- appears to be almost twice as large as the current record holder, Malaysia's Deer Cave, which is 328 feet high and 295 feet wide.
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"It is a truly amazing sized cave and one of the most significant discoveries by a British caving team," said Adam Spillane, a member of the 13-person expedition. The cave, according to Spillane, was originally located in 1991 by a local man named Ho Khanh.
"Khanh has been a guide for the team in many expeditions to the jungle to explore caves and this year he took a team to the cave which had never been entered before by anyone including local jungle men," he said.
Go to The Sun to read more about the exciting discovery.
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nikonkat

09:35 AMMay 01 2009

BrcWaters 09:23 AMMay 01 2009 Even if this article was about an eggplant there would be the obligatory ignorant political comment by some bottom feeder with an I.Q. two points higher than a fence post. That's the AOL forums for you---Agreed 100%. Sad part is this about I-net blog/forums I'm finding.... sites like these- low IQ and rancorous posts- the high minded blogs- too extreme on other end. (know it alls who try to bully others out of convers.). Kind of sad, both ways.

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RehobothBum2004

09:31 AMMay 01 2009

Beautiful cave

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Mm3rdeye

09:29 AMMay 01 2009

Why do white people always say they discovered something when THEY see something for the first time. You mean to tell me that no Vietnamese had ever seen this cave before.....................................EVER. Sounds like Christopher Colombus's descendants are involved.

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BrcWaters

09:23 AMMay 01 2009

Even if this article was about an eggplant there would be the obligatory ignorant political comment by some bottom feeder with an I.Q. two points higher than a fence post. That's the AOL forums for you.

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LGower6027

09:21 AMMay 01 2009

who gives a shit

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CEDJESS

09:19 AMMay 01 2009

Boy, you people are really being hard on the First Lady, does she or anyone really deserve that?

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RHA39

09:18 AMMay 01 2009

ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS. The rich and powerful write the history books.The winners writes the history books about war, who invented what when and where. Remember the good guys don't always. win the battles or wars, the powerful wins.The English? 80% of the world problems is becasue of the English(Great Britian)

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Arklight99

09:16 AMMay 01 2009

Yeah. The Brits claim to have discovered something that they never would have found if they hadn't been led to it by a local guy. One of these days the locals will smarten up and keep stuff like this to themselves. I'd guess that locals have known about this cave for a couple thousand years, but were smart enough to keep their mouths shut until this one yahoo blabbedd.

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JeepersWally

09:13 AMMay 01 2009

You sound like a typical dumb racist liberal bigot Democrat>>> Thaoriginalbxkid09:09 AMMay 01 2009 Yea as always the white people will say they discovered something first. You can't "discover" something that's been there for many years, just like Columbus saying he discovered "new land" or the other Europeans who came around saying they found "New Land".

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Thaoriginalbxkid

09:09 AMMay 01 2009

Yea as always the white people will say they discovered something first. You can't "discover" something that's been there for many years, just like Columbus saying he discovered "new land" or the other Europeans who came around saying they found "New Land".

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