{"id":11524,"date":"2009-02-27T04:00:07","date_gmt":"2009-02-27T02:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=11524"},"modified":"2009-07-24T22:18:48","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T20:18:48","slug":"journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/27\/journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey to the Center of the Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0373051\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11525\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/27\/journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth\/journey_to_the_center_of_the_earth\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/journey_to_the_center_of_the_earth.jpg?fit=316%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"316,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Journey to the center of the earth\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/journey_to_the_center_of_the_earth.jpg?fit=316%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11525 aligncenter\" title=\"Journey to the center of the earth\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/journey_to_the_center_of_the_earth.jpg?resize=316%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Journey to the center of the earth\" width=\"316\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/journey_to_the_center_of_the_earth.jpg?w=316&amp;ssl=1 316w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/journey_to_the_center_of_the_earth.jpg?resize=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watched &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0373051\/\">Journey to the Center of the Earth<\/a>&#8221; 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