CONSPIRACY theorists have used Google Earth to fuel a laughable argument that the Earth is not a globe – but is, instead, flat. So-called Flat Earthers say the reason Antarctica is blurry on …

The Earth's rotation doesn't affect flight duration but the weather and winds it creates do. The flat earth theory has been frequently debunked.

On Tuesday somewhere a baby will be born that will be the globe's 8 billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations and other experts. The Earth has warmed almost 0.9 degrees Celsius (1.6 degrees Fahrenheit) since the world hit the 4 billion mark in 1974. Climate and population is a touchy subject for scientists and officials.

Equinoxes would be physically impossible over a flat Earth, but that doesn't stop conspiracy theorists from trying to explain them.

A recently elected Georgia GOP district chair revealed that she believes the world is flat and that the proliferation of globes is part of a conspiracy, Rolling Stone reports.