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Kansas Is Flatter Than a Pancake — And It Was Scientifically Tested

In 2003, researchers at Texas State University conducted an actual mathematical study comparing the flatness of Kansas to a pancake.

Their surprising conclusion?

Kansas is technically flatter than a pancake.

Using a scientific formula to measure curvature over distance, the team calculated that the state’s surface curvature is slightly less pronounced than that of a typical pancake.

Of course, Kansas isn’t perfectly flat — it does have rolling hills, especially in the Flint Hills region — but on a large scale, it ranks among the flattest states in America.

It’s one of those fun facts that sounds like a joke… until you realize someone actually did the math.