The Most Outrageous U.S. Conspiracy Theories

Ong's Hat in the Pine Barrens

The pamphlet claimed that the group started with Princeton University scientists who moved to the abandoned down and made "The Egg," which allowed people to travel in between universes. The machine teleported an entire group to escape police investigation. Some people claim to have been a part of this group, but there's no concrete evidence that it ever existed.

Brown Mountain Lights

On September 24, 1913, witnesses in the Charlotte Observer noticed balls of light floating through the valley of Brown Mountain and then disappearing. The lights were a conspiracy until 2016 when a group of scientists captured the mysterious lights on camera.

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The More You Know

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  • Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be known as Boston, Oregon.
  • The longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.