What If the Moon Was Flat?

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No, that’s not Photoshop. That’s an actual video from the International Space Station of the Moon looking a bit squished. Is the cover-up behind a flat Moon an elaborate government conspiracy? How would this affect the oceans? What would happen to our climate? And could the Moon fly out into space?

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00:00 Is the Moon flat?
00:44 Footage from the ISS
02:15 Changes in the ocean tides
03:30 Shorter days on Earth
04:48 Tidal friction

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