'Elvis Presley is alive' and 11 more conspiracy theories

In a post-truth world, conspiracy theories are aplenty - here are some of the most intriguing and bizarre out there

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Moon landings

Neil Armstrong's giant leap kicked off one of the most persistent conspiracy theories of the 20th century - that the 1969 landings, and all those that followed, were faked by Nasa and that no human being has ever set foot on the surface of the moon.

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