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Flat Earth BOMBSHELL: Australia Is 'FAKE' Country InventedToCoverUpMassMurder
By Charlotte Ikonen
The latest bonkers conspira- cy theory doing the rounds sug- gests Brit officials dreamed up Oz to cover up a brutal atrocity.
According to one flat-Earther, the land down under is all just smoke and mirrors, and a ruse we thought responsible for greats like Kylie Minogue and Hugh Jackman.
“Australia is not real,” they wrote in a viral Facebook post.
“It’s a hoax, made for us to believe that Britain moved over their criminals to someplace.
“In reality, all these criminals were loaded off the ships into the waters, drowning before they could see land ever again.
“It’s a cover up for one of the great- est mass murders in history.”
The post – which has been shared 50,000 times – goes on to claim that anyone who thinks they’ve vis- ited Australia is “terribly wrong”.
Australia, a mem- ber of the British Commonwealth, i s home to more than 24 million people.
The “Australia is fake” theory sur- faced last year
but has its roots in a Flat Earth Society forum thread from 2006.
Moreover, the post reckons all Australians are nothing more than computer generated per- sonas and if you've ever been Down Under yourself: "you're terribly wrong".
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Those who believe the Flat Earth theory clai m our planet is shaped like a flat disc instead of a sphere.
The leading theo- ry suggests Earth is a disc with the Arctic Circle in the centre and Antarctica, a 150- foot-tall wall of ice, around the rim.
Nasa has proved that the Earth is round using satel- lites, GPS and images from space, but “Flat
Earthers” believe the space agency is lying.
Theorists claim that satellite images and evi- dence pointing to a spherical Earth are part of a “round Earth con- spiracy” orches- trated by Nasa and other govern- ment agencies.
Proponents of the bizarre theory also claim the Earth is stationary in space rather than orbiting the sun.
A number of high-
profile celebrities have made the shock revelation that they believe in the Flat Earth conspiracy.
Former England cricketer Freddie Flintoff revealed last year he couldn't stop lis- tening to a pod- cast called “Flat Earthers” and was beginning to believe their theo- ries.
Thousands of Flat Earth believers gathered in Birmingham this weekend at the UK’s first ever conference.
The convention, which took place over three days, saw nine speak- ers take to the stage to explain their theory as to why the Earth is flat.
One speaker even claimed he has proven gravi- ty doesn't exist.
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