Commercial flights receive greater cosmic-radiation exposure at higher magnetic latitudes.
Claim:
Cosmic radiation exposure on a commercial flight increases as the aircraft flies closer to Earth's magnetic poles.
NOT BS
Topic
Earth
18 claims checked
Most gem diamonds form in the lithospheric mantle and erupt in kimberlites.
Claim:
Natural diamonds crystallize from carbon at depths of about 150 to 200 kilometers in Earth's mantle under temperatures of about 900 to 1,300 degrees Celsius and pressures of 45 to 60 kilobars, then reach Earth's surface through deep…
HARDLY BS
Earth’s rotation makes the Sun appear over the eastern horizon.
Claim:
The Sun rises in the east.
NOT BS
The Dead Sea shoreline is Earth’s lowest exposed land surface point.
Claim:
The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth's land surface.
NOT BS
No reliable surveys show 10% or more pilots believe Earth is flat.
Claim:
At least 10% of pilots believe that the Earth is flat.
TOTAL BS
Global volcanology data show well over 20 active volcanoes worldwide.
Claim:
There are more than 20 active volcanoes in the world.
NOT BS
Earth is an oblate spheroid, slightly wider at the equator.
Claim:
The Earth is not a perfect sphere.
NOT BS
Medieval scholars generally taught and wrote that Earth is spherical.
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During the Middle Ages, scholars thought the Earth was round.
NOT BS
Global plastic waste totals about 350–360 million tonnes per year.
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The world produces 355 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
HARDLY BS
Centuries of observations and satellite data show Earth is an oblate spheroid.
Claim:
The Earth is flat.
TOTAL BS
Earth’s mantle transition zone likely holds about 0.2–1 ocean equivalents of water.
Claim:
A water reservoir located approximately 700 kilometers below Earth's surface contains more water than all of Earth's oceans combined.
MOSTLY BS
Educated Europeans accepted Earth’s spherical shape centuries before Columbus’s 1492 voyage.
Claim:
Christopher Columbus did not set sail in 1492 to prove the Earth was round; educated Europeans already accepted the Earth's spherical shape before Columbus's voyage.
NOT BS
Diamonds are among the most common gemstones in nature by volume.
Claim:
Diamonds are among the rarest gemstones on Earth.
TOTAL BS
Solar eclipses cause no unusual gravity changes beyond tiny tidal variations.
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The Earth will experience a loss of gravity for seven seconds during the solar eclipse in August 2026.
TOTAL BS
Stacking about 5×10³⁰ bacteria end-to-end gives roughly 1 billion light-years.
Claim:
If all the world's bacteria were stacked on top of each other, the resulting column would stretch approximately 10 billion light-years.
MOSTLY BS
Earth has about 3 trillion trees, exceeding the Milky Way’s 100–400 billion stars.
Claim:
There are more stars in the Milky Way galaxy than there are trees on Earth.
TOTAL BS
Atmospheric CO2 exceeded 1,000–2,000 ppm during some past geologic eras.
Claim:
Current atmospheric CO2 levels are not unprecedented when compared to levels found throughout Earth's full geological record.
HARDLY BS
Multiple independent observations confirm Earth is an oblate spheroid.
Claim:
The Earth has a flat shape rather than a spherical shape.
TOTAL BS