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Chances are, you’ve heard some of the major conspiracies that have been circulating for years. You’ve probably encountered someone who believes the Earth is flat. Or perhaps you’ve read about people convinced the moon is a hologram. Some insist public tragedies are hoaxes, while others genuinely argue that Finland does not exist. But those theories are mild compared to some of the more determined beliefs thriving online. As you read through this list, you might want to hold on to your hat and sit down in the nearest chair. You may find yourself rereading certain lines just to make sure you saw them correctly.
5. Earth’s Gravity Is About to Disappear for 7 Seconds
NASA has been at the center of conspiracy theories for decades. If the agency is not accused of faking the moon landing, it is supposedly fabricating the International Space Station or hiding ancient alien satellites. Now that those claims have grown stale, a newer viral video insists NASA is secretly working on a project that will cause Earth to lose gravity for seven seconds on August 12, 2026.
The alleged operation, dubbed “Project Anchor,” claims that NASA knows two gravitational waves from black holes have a 94.7% chance of intersecting in a way that will temporarily shut off Earth’s gravity. According to the theory, everything would float for exactly seven seconds before returning to normal.
Fortunately, this scenario is pure fiction. Gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime confirmed in 2015—cannot switch off gravity, nor can gravity simply be “turned off.” The only confirmed astronomical event scheduled for August 12, 2026, is a total solar eclipse visible in parts of Europe and the Arctic.
4. Tartaria Was Wiped Out by a Mud Flood
Some conspiracy theories use historic architecture as supposed proof of hidden civilizations. One enduring claim argues that a highly advanced empire called “Tartaria” existed until the 18th or 19th century and constructed much of the ornate architecture seen around the world. Believers insist this civilization was erased from official history, pointing to old European maps that labeled parts of Central and Northern Asia as “Tartary.”
The theory extends to 19th-century buildings in cities like New York, Chicago, and St. Petersburg, which are described as remnants of Tartarian technology. Proponents also argue that the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago featured structures too elaborate to have been built so quickly with contemporary technology. According to them, fair organizers merely uncovered pre-existing Tartarian buildings and later destroyed them to hide the evidence.
As for what happened to Tartaria, believers claim a massive global mud flood buried cities and reset civilization.
In reality, “Tartary” was a broad cartographic term used by Europeans to describe vast, largely unmapped regions of Central Asia and Siberia. It was not the name of a secret lost superpower.
3. Washing Machines and Dryers Cause Space-Time Disruptions
Ever had a sock go missing after pulling laundry from the dryer? According to one bizarre theory, it is not carelessness or static cling at fault—it is your appliance creating tiny wormholes in spacetime.
The claim suggests that washing machines and dryers spin at such high speeds that they generate electromagnetic fields capable of bending spacetime and opening portals that selectively swallow socks.
While appliances do generate small electromagnetic fields—as all powered devices do—the idea that they create wormholes belongs squarely in science fiction. Wormholes themselves are purely theoretical predictions arising from Einstein’s general relativity, and there is no evidence that household machines can distort spacetime in any measurable way.[3]
If your socks disappear, they are almost certainly trapped in a fitted sheet, lodged in a pant leg, or caught in the machine’s inner workings—not transported to another dimension.
2. Flavor Enhancers Are Made from Aborted Fetal Tissue
Around 2001, biotech company Senomyx unintentionally sparked one of the internet’s most disturbing conspiracy theories. The company developed flavor-enhancing compounds that allowed food manufacturers to reduce salt and sugar while maintaining taste. During research, Senomyx used a laboratory cell line known as HEK-293 to study how compounds interacted with human taste receptors.
HEK-293 cells originated in the 1970s from a legally performed abortion. However, the cells used in modern laboratories are descendants replicated for decades. No additional abortions are involved, and the cells themselves are not ingredients in food products.
Despite this, viral posts began claiming that flavor enhancers were made from aborted fetal tissue and that such material was present in everyday foods and beverages.
Fact-checkers have repeatedly clarified that HEK-293 cells were used only in laboratory testing and are not present in consumer food products.
1. Dinosaurs Were Demons
Dinosaur conspiracies come in many forms. Some claim dinosaurs never existed. Others insist they were actually dragons. A more fringe theory argues that dinosaurs were supernatural creations.
According to this belief, dinosaurs were engineered by the Nephilim—figures mentioned in Genesis—who allegedly manipulated life forms to mock God’s natural order. In this interpretation, Tyrannosaurus rex was not a prehistoric predator but a chimeric demon.
A related variation ties into the “Gap Theory,” which proposes a catastrophic event occurred between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. Dinosaurs, in this view, belonged to a pre-Adamic world destroyed before the biblical flood, leaving fossils as remnants of that forgotten era.
Mainstream theology and paleontology reject these interpretations. Dinosaur fossils have been extensively studied and dated using multiple scientific methods, placing them millions of years before humans.