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In this newly described condition, some patients report strange plastic fibers growing from their skin. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Another trip to the Listener Feedback files, including my favorite yet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A town in Brazil has an unusually high twin rate, but not because Josef Mengele survived and did experiments there. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Therapeutic touch is a pseudoscientific healing method that is neither therapeutic nor involves touch. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Though some claim the stone structures at Puma Punku were alien, archaeologists find no real mysteries there. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe played an important role in the Catholic colonization of the Americas. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Don't blindly turn to science when you need answers - instead, seek out those who want to sell you something. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some native religious groups in the South Pacific hope to recreate WWII's influx of material goods. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Dubbed "America's Stonehenge", this granite monument in Georgia appeals to all sorts of conspiracy theorists. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Another perilous dive into the listener feedback files. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Internet movie Zeitgeist uses dishonesty to make an ideological point that could have easily been made ethically. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers more questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Is the Denver International Airport a headquarters for the New World Order? (Hint: no) Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Faces appearing on the floor of a house in Spain were easily faked, yet many still consider them supernatural. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Everyone believes in ball lightning, but when we stick to the science, there's probably nothing there. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It's a popular story, but all the evidence tells us that no Jews were in Egypt at the time of the Pyramids. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This shattering boom in Newfoundland was more likely a natural phenomenon than a superweapon test. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some call it Bullshido: Martial arts tricks like touchless attacks and the Touch of Death. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

How you can help a friend or loved one with a potentially harmful pseudoscientific belief Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Going back over a few previous Skeptoid episodes to correct errors (head is hung in shame). Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some advocate that going barefoot is better for the health and strength of your feet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This ancient device, 1000 years ahead of its time, neither proves alien visitation nor disproves history. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

These fireballs actually do rise from the Mekong river each year -- and we know exactly what causes them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Another dip into the listener feedback files for Skeptoid. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices