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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson schools rapper B.o.B over flat Earth tweets

An image of Earth taken by NASA astronaut Frank Borman as the crew of Apollo 17 — the last Apollo mission — was travelling to the moon. NASA

You’d think the fact that Earth is round is something that can’t be debated.

But for some “flat-Earthers” as they’re known — including rapper B.o.B — that’s not the case. To them, Earth is flat and any evidence to the contrary is part of a conspiracy.

Well, B.o.B took to Twitter this week to share his views about how our planet isn’t round at all.

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Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle argued that Earth was a sphere. Eratosthenes (276-195 B.C.) later accurately calculated the circumference of our planet — and even its axial tilt. Of course, we later used more scientific evidence, heck, even visual evidence to confirm that our Blue Marble — and all the other planets in our solar system and beyond — were indeed spherical in nature (Earth does have a slight bulge at the equator and other planets have more pronounced ones). But all the evidence doesn’t add up to flat-Earthers.

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B.o.B even posted a rap track about it, with clips of Tyson.

But then the big-guns were pulled out. The tweets gained the attention of world-renowned astrophysicist and host of National Geographic’s StarTalk Neil deGrasse Tyson who poked very large holes in B.o.B’s theory.

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The tweets from B.o.B continued, but Tyson ended his side of the “debate” with one final tweet.

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UPDATE: Tyson added another tweet — with a counter-rap.

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