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The deceitful operation caused thousands of African-American men to go untreated for syphilis over the course of four decades. As per the UK Science Museum: "Even when 250 of the men were drafted for service in the Second World War, strings were pulled to ensure that they remained part of the study instead." Ultimately, many men died of the disease, and many wives and children of infected men continued to suffer from the disease, even after the study was revealed to be a sham.

====The Government Poisoned Industrial Alcohols During Prohibition====

Alcohol prohibition was in effect in the US from 1920-1933. During that time, the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcohol was made illegal. This was the US government's attempt to create a sober nation—though the opposite occurred, effectively increasing alcoholism and giving rise to bootleggers and organized crime.

Sensing the failure of the 18th amendment, government officials turned to other means of discouraging drinking—namely, by poisoning industrial alcohols made in the US used by bootleggers to create illegal hooch. This fateful decision by law enforcement ultimately led to the deaths of approximately 10,000 people. On the days surrounding Christmas of 1926, 23 people died in New York City alone as a result of poisoned industrial alcohol, all at the hand of the US government.

====The US Government Hired Stanley Kubrick To Fake The Moon Landing====

Everyone knows United States astronauts were the first people to land on the moon, right? Well, not according to some conspiracy theorists. Some people think that the moon landing was faked—not an uncommon conspiracy theory, of course—but some people are absolutely convinced that Stanley Kubrick, director of The Shining, was hired to fake it.

Why, you ask? According to some, for two main reasons. First, Kubrick needed to film the interior and exterior of a B-52 bomber for his film Dr. Strangelove. The US Government denied him access—unless he was willing to do something in return. Secondly, Kubrick was dying to make his science fiction flick 2001: A Space Odyssey, but couldn’t come up with the budget. As a compromise, the US government allegedly assisted with both, and in return, he had to make a little science fiction film for them first.

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