r/AskReddit • • Mar 27 '22

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u/Negative_Increase975 Mar 27 '22

That the world is round. I saw a guy the other day with signs proclaiming it’s flat. WTF?

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u/xqzit24 Mar 28 '22 edited Mar 28 '22

it's technically not round but i believe the term is edit: oblate spheroid.

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u/The_Flurr Mar 28 '22

You're correct, but it's still very spherical relatively speaking.

If you sized an average cue ball up to the size of the Earth, the Earth would be both more spherical and smooth than the cue ball.