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[–] KrapKake@lemmy.world 105 points 10 months ago (25 children)

I kind of feel like flat earth thing started out with people trolling, but a number of morons believed it to be true and now it's just trolls leading the idiots.

[–] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 3 points 10 months ago (7 children)

No, it started out when the telescope was invented but people couldn't go to space so they could only speculate.

[–] Bene7rddso@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Actually it started out when Erathostenes calculated the size of the earth

[–] EnsignReposti@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

This person knows their crusty old Greek men!

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