Almost the last word.

The article explores how a person living on Earth without space travel can experience more than 24 hours within the same calendar day or skip a calendar date entirely by moving across time zones near the International Date Line (IDL) in the Pacific Ocean. Due to the IDL’s irregular shape and the time zone differences—such as Kiribati’s Line Islands at UTC+14 and nearby islands at UTC−10—there can be up to a 26-hour time difference, allowing for extended or skipped calendar days. Additionally, the article discusses the hypothetical appearance and gravitational effects on a flat, disc-shaped Earth, describing how gravity would tilt inward from the center, causing trees and hills to lean outward and creating unusual horizon and landscape perspectives. Both topics illustrate how human constructs like time zones and planetary shape influence our perception of time and space. [Extracted from the article]