The Middle Ages never happened. NASA is hiding an alien satellite. The Beatles were a bunch of paid actors. Are these conspiracy theories true? Probably not. But if they were, life as we know it would change forever, whether or not you subscribe to tin-foil hat ideology.
From the hollow Earth theory to Hitler's (alleged) Antarctican hideaway, here are 18 conspiracy theories that would send shockwaves around the globe if they were true.
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“TIL of a conspiracy theory that claims The Beatles ‘as they were presented to us’ never existed, and that the Fab Four had/have multiple actors rotating in and out of the roles.”
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“There is a conspiracy theory that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is actually deceased comedian Bill Hicks.”
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“TIL of the ‘Concave Hollow Earth’ theory, according to which the Earth is actually the outer edge of a sphere with the entire universe inside it, a theory that may eventually have influenced Adolf Hitler.”
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“Martin Luther King Jr.'s family does not believe James Earl Ray assassinated him and that he was framed for a government conspiracy.”
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“There is a conspiracy theory that Stevie Wonder isn't actually blind.”
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“TIL that there exists a conspiracy theory which states that Bob Marley was ‘assassinated’ by a CIA agent who gave him a Converse shoe infected with cancer, which spread from his toe to his brain. Among those who believe in this theory as T.I. and Busta Rhymes.”
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“There was a conspiracy theory that Jimi Hendrix faked his death and became Morgan Freeman.”
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“There's a whole conspiracy theory about NASA hiding a ‘second sun.’”
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“A ridiculous conspiracy theory claims that Hitler and [Germans] escaped to Antarctica and secretly developed alien technology, or better, met actual aliens.”
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“Phantom time Conspiracy theory claims the time period AD 614 to 911 never existed. The Theory claims these extra 300 years of History were fabricated in the middle ages to legitimise Otto's claim over the Holy Roman Empire. According to the theory we should be living in the year 1726.”
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“There's a popular conspiracy theory that Katy Perry is actually JonBenét Ramsey grown-up.”
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“TIL that certain conspiracy theorists, known as "Moon Truthers", do not believe that the moon exists, and claim its merely a hologram projected onto the sky by the government.”
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“TIL flat Earth conspiracy theorists believe a conspiracy theory that the Flat Earth Society is a government controlled body to disprove flat earthers.”
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“A conspiracy claiming Paul McCartney died and was replaced in 1966 got so out of hand that Life magazine sent reporters out to stalk McCartney on his farm. He threw water on them and then agreed to take photos and do an interview.”
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“TIL about the widely-discredited Titanic Switch Theory, a conspiracy theory in which it was not the Titanic that sank, but rather its predecessor the Olympic, which had been previously damaged in an accident, and for which the company supposedly wanted to file an insurance claim.”
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“TIL of the Black Knight satellite conspiracy theory. This conspiracy theory claims that there is a spacecraft in near-polar orbit of the Earth that is of extraterrestrial origin, and that NASA is engaged in a cover-up regarding its existence and origin.”
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“A number of ‘bible conspiracy theories’ exist, mostly around the idea that Christianity is a propaganda tool created to unify the roman empire.”
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