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  • Fact Check: Earth As Globe Was NOT Concept Introduced By Hollywood -- Was Documented By Ancient Greeks

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    Did Universal Studios first introduce the concept of the world as a globe in 1927 before NASA had photographed it from space in the 1960s? No, that's not true on several counts: It did not take NASA's space program to discover that the Earth was round. Greek philosophers had already described the Earth as a sphere as early as the…

    • Jun 14, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Earth As Globe Was NOT Concept Introduced By Hollywood -- Was Documented By Ancient Greeks Globe Grasped
  • Fact Check: Secret, Massive Hills Are NOT Pyramids In Bosnia That Are Older And Taller Than Egyptian Pyramids

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    Are there secret, hidden pyramids in Bosnia that are older and taller than the Egyptian pyramids? No, that's not true: An archaeologist who is an expert on the Balkans told Lead Stories that the claims have been circulating for nearly 20 years and are not true. The massive hills near Visoko in Bosnia are not secret pyramids; they are natural…

    • Jan 26, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Secret, Massive Hills Are NOT Pyramids In Bosnia That Are Older And Taller Than Egyptian Pyramids Just Hills
  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Elon Musk Reading 'Flat Earth' Book

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    Does a photo show Elon Musk reading a book titled "The Flat-Earth Conspiracy"? No, that's not true: The image in the post has been digitally altered. The photo, which originated from another author's official social media page, displays Musk reading a book with a different cover and title. The claim appeared in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter,…

    • Oct 6, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Elon Musk Reading 'Flat Earth' Book Altered Image
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence 'Lead Developer At Google Earth' Believes Earth Is Flat

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    Did a "lead developer at Google Earth" say he believes the Earth is flat? No, that's not true: This claim originated from a 2017 article that Lead Stories was unable to verify as being authentic. We could not find any evidence that a lead developer at Google ever publicly said this or that a lead developer was ever suspended from…

    • Sep 6, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: NO Evidence 'Lead Developer At Google Earth' Believes Earth Is Flat Can't Verify
  • Fact Check: Rail Gun Physics Does NOT Prove The Earth Is 'Missing Curvature'

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    Does a rail gun's ability to "hit a target 100 miles away in a perfectly straight line" prove that the Earth is "missing curvature"? No, that's not true: Such claims are "absurd" and "completely nuts," two physicists told Lead Stories. That's because rail guns fire projectiles that are subject to the same laws of gravity as all other objects on…

    • Aug 15, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Rail Gun Physics Does NOT Prove The Earth Is 'Missing Curvature' Gravity Pulls
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'A Hidden World Of Underground Cities' For Child Trafficking -- It's A Railway Tunnel In The Alps

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    Does a video on social media portray "a hidden world of underground cities" and "tunnels for trafficking"? No, that's not true: The clip shows the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland. The claim originated in a video (archived here) posted on TikTok on May 28, 2023. The text overlay said: There Is a Hidden World of Underground Cities Tunnels for Trafficking!?…

    • Jun 2, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'A Hidden World Of Underground Cities' For Child Trafficking -- It's A Railway Tunnel In The Alps The Alps
  • Fact Check: Mount Meru Is NOT A Real Place Nor Does It Appear On Urbano Monti's Planisphere Map Of 1587

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    Is Mount Meru, a magnetic mountain, located at or under the North Pole at the center of a flat Earth -- and is this mountain the reason why all compasses point to the magnetic north? No, that's not true: In Hindu and Buddhist mythology, Mount Meru is the central axis of the world where gods live and the sun and…

    • Mar 30, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Mount Meru Is NOT A Real Place Nor Does It Appear On Urbano Monti's Planisphere Map Of 1587 Mythical Mount
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Astronaut Karen Nyberg Faking Visit To International Space Station -- It's Someone Else

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    Does a video on social media show former NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg faking a visit to the International Space Station (ISS) in front of a green screen? No, that's not true: In the original version of the clip, the narrator never identifies the woman in the video as Nyberg. He calls her Paige. One iteration of the video posted by…

    • Mar 28, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Astronaut Karen Nyberg Faking Visit To International Space Station -- It's Someone Else Not Nyberg
  • Fact Check: Definition Of Word 'Horizontal' Does NOT Prove Earth Is Flat

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    Did the word "horizon" come from the word "horizontal," and is this evidence that the Earth must be flat? No, that's not true: The word "horizon" came first, and the adjective "horizontal" followed. The adjective describes something "relating to or near the horizon." The word "horizon" originated from the ancient Greek term "ὁρίζων κύκλος" (horízōn kýklos), which means "separating (or…

    • Feb 24, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Definition Of Word 'Horizontal' Does NOT Prove Earth Is Flat Limit Of View
  • Fact Check: Time-Lapse Video Of Alaskan Midnight Sun Does NOT Prove The Earth Is Flat -- Digitally Altered

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    Does a time-lapse video of the midnight sun in Alaska show that the sun appears to get smaller as it approaches the horizon -- thus proving that this is a "local sun" that is very close to Earth in a closed environment, part of the firmament? No, that's not true: The footage of slightly more than one full day has…

    • Feb 16, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Time-Lapse Video Of Alaskan Midnight Sun Does NOT Prove The Earth Is Flat -- Digitally Altered Altered Video
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