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That goes wll with a news i head about a rich flatearther that is preparing to send to orbit equipment to prove earth is flat

Pista wrote:

One of the flat-earthers took a spirit level on a long-haul flight to prove that it stayed flat.

And I am not joking.

Thought to post it on News Thread but it goes better in here

Rapper B.o.B. raising funds to check if Earth is flat

How does he think that satellites will help him?

markfiend wrote:How does he think that satellites will help him?

it's the s(h)ame kind of flat-earthers humor with the 'all around the globe'

Joking aside, to prove that the earth is round you don't really need anything other than a stick. Eratosthenes managed to measure the Earth's circumference more than 2000 years ago and got a tolerably good answer (within about 15% of today's known value).