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		beAbU on Aug 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All of Earth's water in a single sphere (2019) The earth is smoother than a billiard ball when accounting for relative size. Highly likely the earth is actually flatter than your countertop when accounting for size.

digging on Aug 14, 2024 [–]

I don't believe that's actually true, I looked that up myself and it appears to be a mistaken calculation that many pop sci articles ran with.

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