The Most Outrageous U.S. Conspiracy Theories

"Mattress Firm is some sort of giant money-laundering scheme," one Reddit user wrote on a viral 2018 Reddit thread. "I remember seeing four mattress firms all on each corner of an intersection once, and there is no way there is such a demand for mattresses." 

To Kill a Mockingbird

Some people feel like they have reason to believe that crime author Truman Capote actually wrote Harper Lee's infamous To Kill a Mockingbird. The two actually grew up together in Alabama and were close childhood friends. Coincidentally, both went on to be famous authors.

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The More You Know

  • If you take all the letters from the word "wizard" and swap them with opposite letters (a->z, b->y), it spells wizard backwards.
  • When a piece of bread is toasted, it's called the "Maillard reaction."
  • Singapore plans to build floating burbs.
  • The world's most densely populated island is the size of two soccer fields.
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