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Flat Earthers tried to sail to the edge of the world: A pair of “Flat Earth” believers from Italy wanted to prove that our planet is actually a flat disk by sailing to what they believed to be the edge of the world. The duo ultimately failed miserably, and while they had a targeted destination, they sailed in the completely wrong direction. The pair was then arrested for violating lockdown measures currently in place in Italy. (MORE)

Sailing To The Edge Of The World Ends In Massive Disappointment: Despite Italy's lockdown, a couple from Venice recently set out to prove Earth's flatness once and for all by sailing to the edge of the world, which they believed to be somewhere near Sicily. It's amazing how people who live locally never visit famous tourist attractions, like the leaning tower of Piza or the edge of the Earth where the sea meets the infinite void.

"The two left the Veneto during the lockdown for Lampedusa, violating all restrictions," Salvatore Zichichi of the Maritime Health Office of the Ministry of Health told Italian newspaper La Stampa. "In Termini Imerese they sold their car and bought a boat. For them, Lampedusa [an island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea] was the end of the Earth."

[...] they soon found themselves lost, tired, and washed up on the island of Ustica instead... (MORE - details)

Everyone knows Antarctica is the edge of the disk, not Lampedusa (March 2019)

Is finding the edge of the world a metaphor for the futility of locating Heaven? Years from now when flying through space is as common as driving a car to the grocery store, will there be a group that tries to find heaven/god out there?

Seems arresting flat earthers is only likely to exacerbate their conspiratorial nature.