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Flat Earth Or Globe?

The following video, courtesy of Xandrewx, argues that if the Earth was a globe, commercial airline flights would have to drop approximately 6,123 feet to maintain level flight, because of the planet’s curvature.

Globe proponents and opponents have offered a number of explanations on whether pilots do in fact make these adjustments. Arguments aside, the video suggests there is another way to determine whether we are flat or a spherical–the stars. Here’s more.

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