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

  • Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.
  • Mysterious sand dune holes baffled Indiana for years.
  • In 1993, San Francisco held a referendum over whether a police officer called Bob Geary was allowed to patrol while carrying a ventriloquist’s dummy called Brendan O’Smarty. He was.
  • The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour.
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