# Descending into the Marianas Trench

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descending-into-the-marianas-trench/834060>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 16, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descending-into-the-marianas-trench/834060 "2019-05-16T15:22:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![SantaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@SantaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantaMan)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descending-into-the-marianas-trench/834060/1 "2019-05-16T15:22:07Z")

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Apparently someone has gone down into the Marianas Trench, beating the previous record, which happened, apparently, in 1960  
[I wonder how long they were down there?](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/13/man-makes-deepest-ever-dive-in-mariana-trench-and-discovers-trash)😃

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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descending-into-the-marianas-trench/834060/2 "2019-05-16T19:38:55Z")

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So goes an excellent meme…