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The Twisted History of Conspiracy Theories

Twisted History

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Cheese Pizza

In October 2016 emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, a guy named John Podesta were leaked online. People had taken this email that Podesta wrote about having a fundraiser at a pizzeria and ordering cheese pizza. Those little details became fuel for the wild conspiracy theory that Comet Ping Pong was actually the headquarters of a child sex trafficking ring run by democratic leaders,. And cheese pizza, theorist claim, actually meant child pornography.

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