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I realized that nowadays, no matter where you look, you will find a crazy conspiracy theory, be it in the so-called "news," on social media, or just talking with that crazy uncle everyone seems to have. So I decided to go deeper into this matter, and after weeks of research, I was finally able to make this list, a list of crazy conspiracy theories that were actually true!

Trust me, the world will be a different place after you read this.

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#1

The US Government Spread STDs On Purpose

The US Government Spread STDs On Purpose

Another one that is unfortunately true is that the American government (it is almost always the American), between 1932 and 1972, purposely infected 400 African American men with syphilis. These men were unaware of that and they never gave their consent. One important distinction should be made that they did not infect the African Americans directly, the US just lied about treating them and allowed them to spread the disease even further. The ones they did infect, however, were Guatemalans.
The study aimed to verify whether sexually transmitted diseases affected black men as they affected white men. When the ominous experiment came to an end, only 74 of the original participants were alive.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You finally realise how low of a standard a country has when news like this doesn't even shock you anymore.

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Breakfast Is Not The Most Important Meal Of The Day

Breakfast Is Not The Most Important Meal Of The Day

You probably grew up hearing this, that breakfast is "the most important meal of the day," but many theorists thought it was a lie, a reverse conspiracy for big companies to sell more breakfast, and turns out... they were right!

Well, it turns out that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" was actually a commercial slogan created by Kellogg's to help sell their new breakfast cereal. The phrase didn't have an ounce of truth—it was just advertising.

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Nikki Sevven
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't agree completely here. A good breakfast with protein and complex carbs can help you power through a tough morning, nutrition-wise. It can set the mood for your day. If you're hangry in the morning, you're day is not likely to improve much.

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Joanne Haywood
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m not hungry in the morning and if I forced myself to have something to eat I’d be sick.

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Jovita A
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It doesn't look like much research here... Where is factual data? For me, breakfast is definitely the most important meal... Your body is literally breaking the fast after sleeping for 8-10 hours (okay if you lucky enough to get that much), or even more if you didn't have late dinner. Plus I'm one of these weirdos who eat cereal for dinner sometimes :D But of course, not everyone is eating breakfast, the same way not everyone eats dinner no later than 6 pm, or sleep 8 hours and etc.

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Sandra Pandra
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In chinese medicine they say: Eat breakfast like an emperor, lunch like a king and dinner like a pauper”. Chinese medicine is much olfer than kelloggs.

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Whitefox
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They would also have you using powdered rhino horn and eating shark fin soup.. So, yes.. good for somethings.. but it should always be verified as sound by more than one group...

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Hans
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think food-wise you find endless myths, claims, urban legends, and deliberate false-information. And just think of the omnivore - vegetarian - vegan debate. Probably the only truth is that nutrition is such a complex topic that a "one-size-fits-all" solution, i.e. shop for "X, Y, and Z and not for A, B, and C and you will stay healthy" simply does not exist.

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Lili
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am always so hungry when I wake up that I couldn't function properly without a (kinda big) meal. So it's true to me.

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Potato
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Have you ever tried solving problems on an empty stomach though?

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Lene Stoustrup
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My entire life. Works better than on a full, I feel uncomfortable and tired. Cup of coffee and freshly squeezed orangejuice and I am all set to go.

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Nubis Knight
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But there's an old German proverb: "Eat at morning like a King, at noon like a Nobleman and in the evening like a beggar" - when most people still worked in agriculture they needed the energy-boost in the morning, but a to heavy meal can disturb your hard earned sleep. Of course it's not how you should eat if working in a bureau...

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Phoenix
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’d be dead if it was the most important, I never eat breakfast

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Jill Hojnacki
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was advertising, but it’s also true. When you eat breakfast you are breaking the fast that began when you last ate. It’s your first meal of the day, regardless of what time you eat it or what food you consume. So, it is the most important meal in that if you didn’t ever break your fast you would starve. The lie is that breakfast is only eaten in the morning and that it should consist of specific food(s) in order to count as being breakfast.

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Al Christensen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the days of long, hard, manual labor, breakfast was very important. Lunch was almost nothing, so breakfast had to keep you going maybe 12 to 16 hours.

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Ruby
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is still a truth in it tho. Breakfast was a thing before cereal, people who worked as farmers or other jobs like that needed a good breakfast to have energy for the day. That, or a big lunch if there was time/money for it. Breakfast is very important with some jobs, but sugary corn isn't the right one.

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Robert T
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try saying that to me when I haven't had my breakfast, and you'll quickly change your mind! "We're the Sweeney and we haven't had our breakfast!!!"

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Lola G
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If breakfast was the most important meal of the day I'd have a full English everyday, not Kelloggs.

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BadCat
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I eat brunch. Eating first thing in the morning gave me major stomach pains.

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Nupraptor
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For me, at least, this seems to be true. If I don't have breakfast, I'm lethargic all day until I eat. I can skip lunch or dinner with no ill effect but I need food or I'm not really awake.

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Darla Taylor
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who actually eats breakfast? If I eat it, I’m eating all the way up to bedtime

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Fish Fingers
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Corn flakes were invented to stop kids masturbating. True story.

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DrBronxx
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah yes, the deadly breakfast-is-the-most-important-meal-of-the-day "conspiracy".

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A.
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Leftover pizza for breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Since I started working from home, I used to skip breakfast a lot. I figured I might as well start with lunch since I was not so hungry in the morning. So, I just had coffee with milk. Several months ago, I was sick with gastroenteritis. On top of that, the doctor told me it seems that I have some sensitivity to acidic foods. Since I always have coffee (which is considered acidic) in the morning, I was told to eat at least a light breakfast in the morning before I have coffee. That explained the abdominal discomfort when I had coffee on an empty stomach.

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Marigen Beltran
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For me it is, I have gastritis and my doctor told me I shouldn't skip a meal. Also, regardless of how early or late your first meal is, that first meal will be breakfast because you are breaking fast. But I do understand that people usually call breakfast food eaten in the morning.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't like breakfast either. I have a protein drink like Boost. It is tasty and gives me enough energy to last quite a while.

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Jane Alexander
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Disagree! Breakfast is literally to break the fast, to resume eating on a new day. If you don't break the fast you don't eat.

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Tom Susala
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kellogg's Corn Flakes was invented by a Bible-banging physician who believed that Corn Flakes would diminish a man's want to masturbate...

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Tom Susala
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Plus Kellogg's Corn Flakes was invented by a Bible-Banging scientist who believed Corn Flakes would diminish a male's want to masturbate...

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Kris Bienkens
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is not the most important meal of the day, but I have read that it supposed to be the biggest as you burn more of the calories. In Belgium we say eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner as a beggar.

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Princess Jade
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dr Harvey Kellogg was a eugenicist who hated sex and was staunchly anti masturbation, pushing for boys to get circumcised because he believed it cut down their desire, corn flakes where created for the purpose of dimming peoples sexual desire. the 'breakfast is the most important meal of the day' advertising ploy was created to encourage more people to eat them.

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Stannous Flouride
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Considering that WH Kellogg created corn flakes because he thought it would stop young men from m@sturbating, this is pretty mild.

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D Battle II
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Breakfast is so important that you can eat it anytime of day!

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Sapna Sarfare
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it is important. The issue is in US, cereals are THE option for breakfast for some reason. Go elsewhere esp. in India and we have many options for breakfast. Many are healthy and filling. If i have a good breakfast, my day goes well as I feel good and healthy the whole day. Asians never had any issue like this where companies decided our food habit. Kellogs tried doing that in India. They gloated that they will change our breakfast habit. A few seconds later, they are selling Upma and other Indian breakfast items as part of its offerings. India is a tough market to compete in,.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s just meant to keep you going till lunch without snacking on c**p or overdoing it at lunch in fast c**p as your famished.

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Alexis Davar
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is not true. You need to jump-start your metabolism in the beginning of the day, to get started, so in other-words, yes, breakfast IS the most important meal of the day, if you like having a good day.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is actually very true... If you have a healthy hearty breakfast, it gives you energy to get your day going and also, depending on what your having, it will keep you full for awhile till lunch or sometimes past lunch time. So, yes, a day can be a good day or not by what you have in the mornings!

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#3

The American Government Stole Children's Corpses To Do Nuclear Tests

The American Government Stole Children's Corpses To Do Nuclear Tests

I mean, c'mon! Imagine you are walking on the street and out of nowhere, a stranger comes to tell you about how the USA was using children's corpses to do nuclear tests. You would probably laugh in his face and think the guy was crazy, wouldn't you? But, sadly, this is yet another conspiracy that has proved to be true. The government was actually stealing body parts because they needed young human tissue for their tests. They recruited a worldwide network of agents to find recently deceased babies and children and then collect samples and even limbs from them, all without the permission of more than 1,500 grieving families. A mother was not allowed to dress her daughter for her funeral because the doctors had already amputated her legs and did not want her to find out.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WTF did I just read. Are you KIDDING me? When you think things in America couldn’t get any worse and you hear this...

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The CIA Drugged, Tortured, And Experimented On The Innocent Without Them Knowing

The CIA Drugged, Tortured, And Experimented On The Innocent Without Them Knowing

Unfortunately for these poor people, this was also true. Since the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) was founded in 1947, several theories about what they actually do started to appear, one of which being that they would have drugged and tortured innocent people in illegal experiments, and as we said, unfortunately, that was true. The experiment was called MKULTRA. Its objective was to learn to manipulate people mentally. The CIA then used several methods, including the secret administration of high doses of psychoactive drugs (mainly lysergic acid) and other chemicals, electroshocks, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, isolation, verbal and sexual abuse, and several other forms of torture. It took a few years for the theory to go from conspiracy to facts. The operation started in 1953 but was only revealed to the public in 1975, which led the CIA to destroy the documents in order to deny the story. To this day they continue with their experiments, although the American government has always denied them.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I recommend watching Wormwood, it has a really interesting story about LSD mind control.

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The Canadian Government Has Built A Gay Radar To Hunt Homosexuals

The Canadian Government Has Built A Gay Radar To Hunt Homosexuals

Seriously, who in their right mind would imagine that something so ridiculous was true, especially from Canada? But it was.

In the 1950s, the Canadian government created the so-called "fruit machine" to identify who was gay in order to fire them.

But how did this "gaydar" work? They basically showed images of gay pornography and monitored people's reactions, such as pupil dilation, and if it showed a "gay reaction," it was recorded.

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Cigarette Companies Knew About Cancer Risks Before Doctors Did

Cigarette Companies Knew About Cancer Risks Before Doctors Did

Today it seems stupid to not know that cigarettes are bad for your health, but back in the 1930s until 1950, all people saw were advertisements saying how good cigarettes were for you, advertisements that came with phrases from legitimate doctors saying "do not worry."

For decades, anyone who dared to say that cigarettes were not good, but a poison, were labeled crazy, idiots, or even enemies of the state, since the government made a lot of money with taxes on this product. And when the truth finally came out, what did the companies say? Simple, that they also did not know that cigarettes were harmful to our health. But as you may have guessed, this was a lie. Research relating to cancer and cigarettes was already being marketed in the 1950s and the companies themselves spent a lot of money trying to cover up these medical findings, sometimes even bribing doctors to officially say they were false.

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The FBI Was Spying On Singer John Lennon

The FBI Was Spying On Singer John Lennon

Why the hell would the FBI waste its time spying on the ex-Beatle? Simple, he was considered a "threat to the American government" as his songs about peace and love did not please the US government, which was in the middle of a war.

In 1971, the FBI placed Lennon under surveillance, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service attempted to deport him a year later.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine being a threat to a government because you sing about peace...

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The Government Poisoned And [disposed Of] 10,000 People Using Poison In Alcoholic Beverages

The Government Poisoned And [disposed Of] 10,000 People Using Poison In Alcoholic Beverages

After some research, I can tell you that this theory is a half-truth.

When the manufacture and sale of alcohol were illegal between 1920 and 1933, regulatory agencies actually encouraged measures that made industrial alcohol deadly for consumption, including adding lethal chemicals to the mix. But the government never really planned for people to actually drink this alcohol. It was the fault of people who would rather poison themselves than dropping alcohol altogether, even with several people dying around them.

And if you think that's too stupid to be true, replace drinking alcohol with wearing a mask and see how dumb it actually is.

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#9

Hitler's Skull Was Fake, Or Someone Else's Skull

Hitler's Skull Was Fake, Or Someone Else's Skull

Several conspiracy theorists think Hitler survived World War II, so when his skull was presented by the Russians as evidence of his death, many said it was a fake, or someone else's, and these rumors persisted until 2009 when it was finally proved that... it really was fake!

DNA examinations proved that the skull actually belonged to a woman who was between 20 and 40 years old. To this day, nobody knows who this woman was, but as you may have already imagined, there is no shortage of theories about her identity.

Russian FSB intelligence service, the successor of the KGB, however, has said that the DNA test is false and the skull is definitely Hitler's.

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Thousands Of Copies Of E.T. For Atari Were Buried In The Desert

Thousands Of Copies Of E.T. For Atari Were Buried In The Desert

Atari's "ET - The Extra-terrestrial" cartridge was a total failure; even today, it is considered one of the worst games ever made. The bad reviews obviously caused many to give up on buying the game cartridges, which the company then buried in a New Mexico landfill.

The games were unearthed in 2014 in a collaboration between the New Mexico government and several companies, such as Microsoft, for example. A number of them were auctioned off to raise funds for a museum.

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#11

Chemicals In The Water Are Making Gay Frogs

Chemicals In The Water Are Making Gay Frogs

This is another one of those things that just hearing makes you think it is a bizarre conspiracy, but it has a little bit of truth in it... but, thank God, only a little.

Radio presenter and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones said in his program that "chemicals in water are making frogs gay," something that was later repeated by his thousands of followers. Although chemicals do not change a frog's sexual orientation, a study has shown that exposure to a particular pesticide can change the sex of frogs. Estrogen in suburban lakes can have the same effect.

So while chemicals do not change a frog's sexual orientation, it does, sadly, change its sex, apparently, which can cause biological problems in the near future.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Environmental determinants of sex in amphibians evolved many millions of years before man-made chemicals arrived on the scene, but the brain chemistry of Alex Jones would make for a fascinating scientific study.

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The Mafia Actually Works For The American Government

The Mafia Actually Works For The American Government

Since the Mafia ("cosa nostra") was created, people say that these mobsters actually work for the government of their country. This theory actually has a simple origin: the mafia used to put its members in positions of power within the government, but that doesn't mean that criminals worked for the government, does it? Well, at least until the day they actually did.

This myth is true: the mafia has actually worked for the American government on several occasions, one of the most famous being during World War II. The United States entered the Great War somewhat by surprise, so its defense system was not yet complete. Knowing that enemy soldiers had begun to infiltrate the United States through the city's ports, they knew they needed some kind of defense on them. And who was the "owner" of those ports but the mafia? The government then asked the criminals for help with the agreement that the mafia would protect the ports, ensure that all workers ended the strike that was going on, and would provide information to the Americans, who in turn would lower the sentence for mobster Lucky Luciano.

After the war, Lucky wanted his promised freedom, but the government lied and denied that they had help from the mafia to win the war, which only further increased the conspiracy theories surrounding this incident, but official documents showed the truth: Luciano was released and deported to Italy.

Other times that the Mafia worked for the government include assassination attempts on Fidel Castro and Operation Husky, which was the name given to the invasion of Sicily.

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The Dalai Lama Was A Secret CIA Agent

The Dalai Lama Was A Secret CIA Agent

As crazy as that sounds, this is somewhat true. According to declassified intelligence documents, the Dalai Lama, whose real name is Tenzin Gyatso, was paid $180,000 in connection with the CIA's financing of the Tibetan Resistance, in the amount of US $1.7 million per year. The idea was to interrupt and hinder China's infrastructure, something that never really happened effectively.

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The Illuminati Is Affiliated With The American National Security Agency

The Illuminati Is Affiliated With The American National Security Agency

Although the Illuminati do exist, they have no control over anything, but this theory really does have an origin. Type Illuminati backward, that is, "Itanimulli," and you will be redirected to the website for the American National Security Agency. Really weird.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can buy websites and redirect them to other websites, that's not weird, it's a prank.

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