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Take our conspiracy quiz to see how much you know about some of history's most mind-blowing examples of trickery, schemes and subterfuge.A full 30 years after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, 6 percent of Americans still believed it was all a sham.
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According to legend, an alien vessel crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. The ship and the life forms contained within were quickly whisked away for study inside the elusive Area 51.
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A 2013 Gallup poll found that just 30 percent of Americans believe that Oswald acted alone. A whopping 61 percent claim the assassination was some form of conspiracy involving more than one shooter.
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Conspiracy fans agree that some of the biggest stars on the planet are clearly Illuminati slaves. While they're unable to escape, the stars send clues via subliminal messages in their lyrics and symbolism in their merchandise.
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His lack of footwear on the cover of Abby Road was a sure sign that Paul had died, only to be replaced by an equally-talented doppelganger.
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Conspiracy theorists agree -- bizarre artwork and spooky symbolism prove that something strange lies hidden beneath Denver International Airport. Whether it's a fallout shelter, a concentration camp or the headquarters for a satanic cult remains to be seen.
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Despite the fact that Diego Garcia measures only about 17 square miles, conspiracy theorists suggest that it's home to a secret base known as Camp Thunder Cove where the U.S. managed to conceal the missing MH370.
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Some Holocaust deniers blame the deaths of roughly 6 million Jewish people on typhus, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
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As part of the Philadelphia Experiment, American scientists are alleged to have made the massive warship invisible before transporting it stealthily from Philadelphia to Norfolk.
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A full 36 percent of Americans believe in UFOs, and a staggering one in 10 claims to have spotted one.
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Despite the fact that Shakespeare was a well-known writer in his day, some claim that he wasn't actually responsible for works like "Hamlet" or "Romeo and Juliet."
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A 1998 study published in The Lancet pointed to a link between vaccines and autism. The study has since been retracted, and no other studies have been able to support this link. For the record, both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that's there no evidence that vaccines cause autism.
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While 97 percent of scientists believe that global warming is both happening and caused by humans, only about half of the general population agrees that global warming -- IF it's happening -- is a result of human activities.
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In the Tuskegee Experiment, researchers unscrupulously experimented on African-American men with syphilis. While it has no relation to AIDS, conspiracy fans suggest it proves that the government supports shady practices when it comes to major diseases.
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Icke alleged that many well-known leaders, including Queen Elizabeth and Bill Clinton, were actually giant lizards in disguise.
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Four out of five Americans believe that the government has information about UFOs that it keeps from the public. More than 75 percent of people surveyed agree that aliens have visited us here on Earth.
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Just 44 percent of people agree that global warming is actually occurring as of 2014 -- that's just 5 percentage points more than 2011.
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In a speech before Congress in 1991, Bush provided fuel for the conspiracy fires when he spoke of a "new world order," which many on the fringes considered proof that a one-world government was surely on the way.
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Chavez claimed that the U.S. relied on its earthquake machine to not only generate the deadly Haitian quake, but also set off similar quakes in California and China.
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Clearly, Johnson was ready to do just about ANYTHING to take the presidency. At least he's in good company. Another 3 percent blamed the assassination on the KKK, and yet another 3 percent blamed Communists.
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