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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SwordfishOk504 on 2025-02-06 03:43:51+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that since the 1920s, excessive pumping of groundwater at thousands of wells in California’s San Joaquin Valley has caused land in sections of the valley to sink by as much as 28 feet (8.5 meters)