claim: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was friends with Friedrich Schiller in the late 1700s.
evidence: Manor Farm Swallet is a cave in the limestone of the Mendip Hills , in Somerset , England which was subject to numerous failed digging attempts between 1947 and 1973 as the surface shafts kept collapsing .. Somerset. Somerset. cave. cave. Mendip Hills. Mendip Hills. In 1973 access to the cave was gained by an artificial shaft and walling it against collapse .. cave. cave