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Rapper B.o.B says Earth is flat, clashes with Neil deGrasse Tyson

‘Earth is flat.’

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Rapper B.o.B thinks the joke’s been on us for hundreds of years—claiming the Earth is flat in a series of tweets to his 2 million followers on Monday. Without paying any homage to the concept of gravity, the Georgia native who dropped out of high school to pursue a record deal, fills us in on a stale conspiracy he thinks is reality.

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His physics lesson goes on through more than 25 tweets over a span of 20 hours. Trending on Twitter and Facebook, the Grammy-nominated artist garnered a lot of reaction, including a few words from renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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The rapper also posted a couple YouTube videos that showcase conspiracy theories surrounding the the Zionists, Freemasons, and NASA. Twitter, as usual, took the humorous route in dragging the rap star. 

https://twitter.com/yo/status/691715069240020993

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https://twitter.com/ALLCAPS_/status/691436397677432832

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Moral of the story? Stay away from conspiracy videos on YouTube and definitely don’t use them as evidence in your argument with a world-renowned astrophysicist.

Screengrab via B.o.B/YouTube

 
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