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The Earth Is Flat? Check Wikipedia

Wikipedia has discovered an educational mission in an age of rampant truthiness. And it's enlisting college students to help.
Source: LA Johnson

Fake news has been, well, in the news a lot lately. It seems no claim is too absurd to be aired.

For example, NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal has just become the fourth NBA star to make public remarks that he believes the Earth is flat, not round.

"I'm just saying. I drive from Florida to California all the time, and it's flat to me," he said on a podcast he hosts.

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