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Mysterious 'Dark Oxygen' Discovered at Bottom of Ocean Stuns Scientists


Chugging quietly away in the dark depths of Earth's ocean floors, a spontaneous chemical reaction is unobtrusively creating oxygen, all without the involvement of life.

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