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To all the looney lunar landing deniers and conspiracy theorists out there, NASA has just four words to say: “Apollo: Yes, We Did.” Photo illustration by Smithsonian.com; Photos courtesy of iStock/GeorgePeters, istock/cmannphoto My grandfather, Jeffrey Hilliard Launius, was a 75-year-old farmer …
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My grandfather, Jeffrey Hilliard Launius, was a 75-year-old farmer from southern Illinois at the time of the first moon landing in 1969. He didn’t believe that Americans had landed on the moon. In his estimation such a technological feat was simply not possible. Caught up in the excitement of …
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PolitiFact | No, these photos of Neil Armstrong’s space boots and a footprint don’t disprove the moon landing Neil Armstrong’s space boots don’t match a photo of his footprint on the moon, suggesting the moon landing was a hoax. No, these photos of Neil Armstrong’s space boots and a footprint don’t …
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As humanity gears up to return to the moon, more and more people may deny that we ever went there in the first place. Just a small sliver of the American populace currently believes the Apollo moon landings were faked; polls consistently put the number at around 5%, said Roger Launius, who served …
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Oskar Howell went to the inaugural Flat Earth New Zealand Conference in Auckland and found some surprisingly normal people with some very strange beliefs. I am not a flat earther. I believe this ball we are on is round, and we are hurtling through space at over 100,000 kilometres an hour, destined …
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My father’s ears prick up and he dashes from the lounge into the garden, casting his eyes heavenward. I’m seven years old and I follow him, assuming I’m about to witness the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse dive bombing our house. Instead, I’m disappointed to see an airliner flying overhead, leaving …
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I’ll be honest: I didn’t think I’d be able to make it through “Behind the Curve,” a documentary on Netflix about people who believe the Earth is flat. I was worried that it would be a 90-minute self-congratulatory session of chiding, mocking and patronizing. “Look at these idiots, guffaw, chortle, …
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Logan Paul’s 50-minute satirical documentary exploring flat earth conspiracy theories demonstrates how someone open to an idea can become indoctrinated into believing something that isn’t real. Paul’s video is entirely facetious, but the underlying parallels between his journey into flat earth …
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Logan Paul’s 50-minute satirical documentary exploring flat earth conspiracy theories demonstrates how someone open to an idea can become indoctrinated into believing something that isn’t real. Paul’s video is entirely facetious, but the underlying parallels between his journey into flat earth …
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1. Full moons make you crazy. Since ancient times, full moons have been associated with odd or insane behavior, including sleepwalking, suicide, illegal activity, fits of violence and, of course, transforming into werewolves. Indeed, the words “lunacy” and “lunatic” come from the Roman goddess of …
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