LONGITUDE? ATTITUDE

Longitude lines are just the planet’s fancy barcode.

✗ FAKE

Longitude lines, or meridians, measure east-west position from the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, adopted internationally in 1884. They are not a barcode.

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