'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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Obama's birthplace

As far back as 2008, some Americans began to claim that Barack Obama was not born in the United States, but in Kenya.

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