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A few weeks ago, I went on a weekend trip down to Mammoth Caves in Kentucky. The cave system at Mammoth Caves is the longest known cave system in the world, comprising ~400 mapped miles of intertwining caves. That is 400 miles that they know about and have mapped. It probably stretches much, much farther and deeper. It was an impressive place, the 12ish miles of it that were open to people without a special spelunking license, and it left an impression on me. Relating…