They reject the notion that the Earth is a sphere
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Sitting by a model of the Earth shaped like a pancake, Brazilian restaurant-owner Ricardo lets out an exaggerated laugh: "'Hahaha!' That's how people react when you tell them the Earth is flat," he says.Ricardo, who declines to give his full name for just that reason, is a 60-something man whose restaurant in Sao Paulo has become a meeting place for people who, like him, reject the notion that the Earth is a sphere."The only things I know for certain are that I'm going to die someday and that the Earth is flat," he says.It is a curious but remarkably large club more than 11 million people
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