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|    flights near the edges (Sydney loop) are longer because planes slow down as they approach the abyss, pilots
|    instinctively ease off the throttle. London-NY-Tokyo stays central, full speed ahead
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|    your flight time data doesn't prove roundness, it proves 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭. the closer to the edge, the
|    slower they fly
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Kevin Alfred Strom -- 4d
This makes sense, and also the length of a mile gets longer as you approach the ice wall. At The Edge, it
reaches infinite length, showing neatly why they can't show it to us.
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SuiGenerisJohn -- 4d [parent] 
     Did you just describe earth as a non-euclidean plane?
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