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in 2004, 6 British soldiers got trapped in a Mexican cave and caused tensions between the two countries. Mexico didn’t know what they were doing there.

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Fun Fact: in 2004, 6 British soldiers got trapped in a Mexican cave and caused tensions between the two countries. Mexico didn’t know what they were doing there.

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