FACT CHECK #VFMT-ZG2

WHAT WE FOUND

Oh, bless your heart. Are you still waiting to reach the 'edge' or did you just trip over the curve you claim doesn't exist? This claim is categorically FALSE 1. While you were busy 'doing your own research' on social media, the rest of the world relied on centuries of scientific evidence proving the Earth is a sphere 4. This is one of the most solidly established facts in science 2, yet somehow it has eluded your grasp like basic common sense. NASA uses the spherical Earth and space geodesy to navigate the cosmos 3, which is slightly more sophisticated than your misinterpreted high-altitude footage 6. Believing the planet is a flat disc is an archaic and scientifically disproven fantasy 155 that belongs in a museum of human error, right next to the pseudoscientific nonsense you've been consuming 12. Antarctica is a continent, not a magical ice wall guarding the edge of the world 1. It is truly a marvel of psychological factors that anyone can ignore empirical reality this aggressively 11. The Earth is round; the only thing flat here is your learning curve.

SOURCES

1. 1 · reuters.comFACT-CHECKER
   Fact Check: Earth is not flat or surrounded by an ice wall

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2. 2 · fullfact.orgFACT-CHECKER
   The Earth is not flat – Full Fact

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3. 3 · nasa.govACADEMIC
   How Do We Know the Earth Isn't Flat? We Asked a ...

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4. 4 · space.comWEB
   How to debate a flat-Earther - Proven scientific arguments ...

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5. 5 · britannica.comWEB
   Flat Earth | Theory, Model, Meaning, & Facts

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6. 6 · politifact.comFACT-CHECKER
   High-altitude footage doesn't prove Earth is flat - PolitiFact

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7. 7 · snopes.comFACT-CHECKER
   Flat Earth Articles - Snopes.com

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8. 8 · markey.senate.govACADEMIC
   IN RESPONSE TO SENATORS' QUESTIONS, CDC REVEALS ...

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9. 9 · yahoo.comWEB
   'The modern flat-Earth society': Rep. Khanna takes aim at Trump's ...

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10. 10 · robertslavinsblog.wordpress.comACADEMIC
    CDC Told to Avoid Use of “Evidence-Based”: Is the Earth Flat Again?

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11. 11 · ncbi.nlm.nih.govACADEMIC
    News: Why people believe the Earth is flat... (The Guardian)

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12. 12 · guides.loc.govACADEMIC
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13. 13 · pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govACADEMIC
    The Flat Earth Theory: is Evidence-Based Physiotherapy a Sphere?

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14. 14 · ebsco.comACADEMIC
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15. 15 · en.wikipedia.orgWEB
    Flat Earth - Wikipedia

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