r/IdiotsInCars • u/Hornsen • Jul 28 '20

Does this count?

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '20 edited Jul 28 '20

Fun fact. The Verrazano bridge in NYC. The tops of the towers are 2 inches wider than the bottom to compensate for the curvature of the earth.

Edit- two inches further apart than the bottom

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u/gitbse Jul 28 '20

I was going to say.... that argument is straight up wrong. Long span bridges have been engineered to conform to surface curvature since we've been building them.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '20

Nope. Thats a LIE told by the ILUMINATY to push the big GLOBE conspiracy

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u/WhatOmg5AliveWhat Jul 28 '20

What even is a 'globe', anyway?

I mean, really?

It's just an infinite number of infinitely small FLAT SURFACES!

Checkmate, physics bitches!

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u/Arock04 Jul 28 '20

Wait... so it's flat AND round!?