The Earth isn’t Round

Hi, the Earth isn’t round. No I’m not nuts. No I’m not crazy. I just know the truth. The real truth.
You’ll be saying: “Ok, I know it’s a little flattened on the poles, but it’s still a sphere.” No!. The earth isn’t round, and it isn’t a sphere. It just looks round because of the atmosphere.

In fact, the Earth is a geoid. It’s a slightly more precise way of viewing the Earth’s shape and topography, and the actual shape of Earth wasn’t determined by pictures or any other media. No, the shape of the Earth was determined by using mathematical calculus and equations. And honestly, it’s not a sphere. It’s a giant potato. See it for yourself:

The Geoid of Earth

Wow! That was weird. And we musn’t forget that anyway, the so called sea level isn’t very exact. It can differ by several meters if we compare it to the “sea level”.

Anyway, I’ll let you meditate about your condition of potato sprout…
Clement

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