The Craziest Internet Theories This Year

The truth is out there. Just not here.

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Ever since there have been rational explanations for things there have been conspiracy theories. Popes, presidents, and peasants have all been the subjects of hair-brained conjecture at one point or another. These days, crackpot explanations are concocted to explain everything from retail barcodes to the world economy (And what if the two were connected, dude? We just blew your mind!). The Internet instantly breathes life into even the most ridiculous ideas that flow from bloggers' fingertips.

We are barely half way through 2013 and we have already seen ridiculous conspiracy theories spring up in the world of sports, celebrity, technology, and of course, politics. We scoured the Internet to find some of the most implausible, hair-brained, and ridiculous theories that trolls have dredged up for mass consumption this calendar year. The results will give you yet another reason to doubt if we should refer to humanity as "intelligent life." The truth is out there, just not here. These are The Craziest Internet Theories This Year.

The Miami Heat winning streak was rigged.

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Daniel Day-Lewis shouted out the Illuminati in his Oscar acceptance speech.

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The 49ers engineered the Super Bowl blackout.

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Justin Bieber is a scion of the Illuminati.

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Megan Draper is Sharon Tate.

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Apple fixed their stock decline.

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Obama is pushing a Leftist agenda with Google Doodles.

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Edward Snowden is a triple agent.

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Animal Crossing is set in purgatory.

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Kanye and Kim timed the birth of their child to promote Yeezus.

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Family Guy predicted the Boston bombing.

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Wendy Davis looks different than she did 30 years ago.

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Journalist Michael Hastings was assassinated.

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The police are covering up Trayvon Martin's criminal record.

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Obama is going to employ death squads against 2nd Amendment supporters.

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The Chelyabinsk meteor was part of a conceptual video game.

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TWA Flight 800 was brought down by a missile.

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Jay-Z is a member of the Illuminati and this old picture is proof.

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The Sandy Hook tragedy was performed by actors.

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Barack Obama creates tornadoes.

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