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Neil deGrasse Tyson called out flat-earthers — here's what would happen if the Earth were actually flat

Gravity is the key to determining if Earth is actually flat, or not.

Neil deGrasse Tyson recently called out flat-earthers in one tweet:

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A Lunar Eclipse flat-Earthe... @ Neil deGrasse Tyson

It's not just lunar eclipses that would look different if Earth were actually flat. Sports, plants, and even the oceans would be radically different. With help from Caleb Scharf — author of "The Zoomable Universe" and Columbia University — we figured out just how different flat Earth life would be compared to living on a sphere. Following is a transcript of the video.

What if the Earth were flat?

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