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2023-10-02 20:57:52 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F679589F1208CA02D3C77490F523E5CA650AAE8DDF3C06F0A4B3F8FE7D4520D1
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The idea that the Earth is round has existed since the ancient times, with scholars & navigators from a variety of cultures such as Greek and Indian using literature & maths to determine this. The Earth's shape is closer to an ellipsoid, but its shape is ever-changing. https://www.britannica.com/video/185544/reasons-Earth https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/earth-round.html https://explorer1.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/earth-from-space/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth
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