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Why the electric potential of earthEarth is zero?

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Why the electric potential of earth is zero?

For a localized charge distribution the potential is set to zero far away from the charge distribution (at infinity)

Now, when grounding a conductor, i.e. connecting it to Earth, it is said that we are setting its potential to zero.

Why Earth's potential is zero? And if it is zero, is it zero even if the potential is still zero at infinity?