35. Incorrect Flat-Earth Theory: Kansas Is Flatter Than A Pancake
There might be some truth to this one. In 2003, the Ig Nobel prizes spotlighted a group of scientists who went to the restaurant IHOP to measure pancakes’ flatness. Furthermore, that’s precisely what they did. They measured their pancakes. They determined that if a pure flatness could be designated with the value of 1.000, a pancake would come in at 0.957. Some will say that numbers don’t lie and there is definite proof in those numbers, too.
Kansas would rank in at 0.997. However, Kansas is so flat has nothing to do with the Earth being a globe. The state has a flat terrain. Other parts of the world do not. End of the story according to the flat earthers. Just because one part of the Earth is super flat doesn’t mean that the entire Earth is as well, but others will argue that it does not mean that the Earth does not have a curvature to it. Keep scrolling to read on about what flat earthers believe to be true.