If you're not familiar with the flat Earth movement, we're sorry to be the ones to deliver the news: There's a small, vocal group of people who wholeheartedly believe that the Earth is flat. Any satellite photos of our orb-shaped planet are deemed a "round Earth conspiracy" orchestrated by the government, and the fact that the horizon doesn't appear to curve is used as evidence of their claims. The strangest part? We've known the Earth was round for 2,000 years, and we didn't need satellites to find out.
Because the World Is Round
A Man and His Stick
Written by
Ashley Hamer
June 7, 2019
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