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Giant Underground Slabs Are Slowly Twisting Earth From Deep Below

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Scientists just discovered that huge pieces of rock from ancient oceans are still buried deep inside Earth, thousands of kilometers down, and they're slowly warping and bending the planet like invisible hands squishing it! By listening to earthquake waves that travel through the whole Earth (like a giant stethoscope), they created the first-ever global map showing exactly where these buried slabs are twisting and moving. It's like finally seeing the skeleton of a sleeping giant that's been slowly shifting for millions of years!
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