When you 'Prove the Earth is round", do you receive any in game benefit?

A message "You have proven that the earth is round" up when you are the first to travel around the whole world.

Is this just for fun, or does it give any benefits?

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It does not give any in-game effects per se, other than that you know how wide the world is. But it does give your opponents a small hint of your progress. On some maps it can be a very good sign that you have discovered astronomy. In some situations it can even be a 100% proof of this.

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How we know the Earth is round for kids?

When the sun was directly overhead in one place, the stick there cast no shadow. At the same time in a city around 500 miles north, the stick there did cast a shadow. If the Earth were flat then both sticks should show the same shadow (or lack of) because they would be positioned at the same angle towards the sun.

How did the Earth get round?

The Short Answer: A planet is round because of gravity. A planet's gravity pulls equally from all sides. Gravity pulls from the center to the edges like the spokes of a bicycle wheel. This makes the overall shape of a planet a sphere, which is a three-dimensional circle.

How do we know that the Earth is round Class 5?

When you are able to get up, above the horizon, whether in a plane or in the International Space Station, you can see that the edge of Earth is rounded. By watching as the Earth also rotates from that view, you can see that the Earth is a rotating sphere and is not flat. Image by NASA.

Is the Earth perfectly round?

The Earth is an irregularly shaped ellipsoid.While the Earth appears to be round when viewed from the vantage point of space, it is actually closer to an ellipsoid. However, even an ellipsoid does not adequately describe the Earth's unique and ever-changing shape.

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