How to Convince Your Flat-Earth Friends the Earth Is Round

Why are we even having this discussion? It’s crazy that there are people who not only believe the Earth is flat like a pizza but also try to prove it. It’s like trying to prove you shouldn’t add pineapple as a topping on your pizza (which you obviously should). Maybe they just like a challenge. It’s not easy to create a flat-Earth model that accommodates all the evidence against it.

I mean, humanity figured this one out a long time ago. The ancient Greeks not only knew the Earth was round, they even measured its diameter. And there are all the actual, real pictures of Earth taken by satellites and

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