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2023-07-06 15:53:30 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

No evidence that the Earth was considered flat until a few hundred years ago. By the 5th century B.C., it was widely accepted that the Earth is a sphere. This is a critical point, as there is a widespread misconception that ancient peoples thought the Earth was flat. https://www.loc.gov/static/collections/finding-our-place-in-the-cosmos-with-carl-sagan/articles-and-essays/modeling-the-cosmos/ancient-greek-astronomy-and-cosmology.html https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2018/05/the-earth-is-in-fact-round.html

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• No evidence that the Earth was considered flat until a few hundred years ago. By the 5th century B.C., it was widely accepted that the Earth is a sphere. This is a critical point, as there is a widespread misconception that ancient peoples thought the Earth was flat. https://www.loc.gov/static/collections/finding-our-place-in-the-cosmos-with-carl-sagan/articles-and-essays/modeling-the-cosmos/ancient-greek-astronomy-and-cosmology.html https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2018/05/the-earth-is-in-fact-round.html