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Japan is called the land of the rising sun, but New Zealand is further East than Japan (lemm.ee)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

There's always something further east, the Earth is a sphere. California is to the east of new Zealand. The IDL is arbitrary

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

JackGreenEarth says the earth is a sphere, the debate is settled

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Well, he's wrong. It's an oblate spheroid.

[–] moopet 1 points 1 week ago

There'd still be an East from any point no matter what convex shape it was.

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