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By Seeking to Offer a Hemisphere to Each Team, the Builders of the Macapá Stadium Literally Traced Their Line on a Map that the GPS Do Not Recognize

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One might think that a simple glance at his GPS is enough to confirm a tenacious urban legend: that of a Brazilian football stadium planted on the equator, offering each team half the planet to defend. Error. If one believes the international standard used by almost all smartphones and [...]
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By Seeking to Offer a Hemisphere to Each Team, the Builders of the Macapá Stadium Literally Traced Their Line on a Map that the GPS Do Not Recognize

One might think that a simple glance at his GPS is enough to confirm a tenacious urban legend: that of a Brazilian football stadium planted on the equator, offering each team half the planet to defend. Error. If one believes the international standard used by almost all smartphones and [...]

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SciencePost broke the news on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
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