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2024-11-25 23:34:10 UTC - HELPFUL
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Galileo was not prosecuted over saying that the Earth is round. People at the time - including the pope - knew that the Earth was round. Galileo was prosecuted over heliocentrism - stating that the Sun was the center of the universe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_the_flat_Earth https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-h-word/2016/jan/21/flat-earthers-myths-science-religion-galileo https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/the-truth-about-galileo-and-his-conflict-with-the-catholic-church
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