Remember "dig a hole to China" as a kid?

[zuben el genub]

Somebody photographed exact opposite places on Earth.
Incredible Photos Taken at Exact Opposite Ends of the Earth | WIRED

The US is submerged, so if you dug that deep, you would drown.

 

[mikedt]

Remember "dig a hole to America" as a kid? However if you did actually dig a hole straight down from China you'd end-up in Brazil or Argentina.

 

[sntaylor]

Funnily enough, here in Scotland we did the same, so clearly one of us is wrong (Americans and Scottish, no one would wanna dig to America after all )