America. Land of the free, land of democracy, and apparently, land of some really weird beliefs (according to a University of Chicago study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, the pew research center, CBS News polls, Public Policy Polling, Huffington post, National Geographic Survey, National Science Foundation and Gallup polls). From ghosts, to conspiracy theories, these are 25 unbelievable things Americans believe.
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About 30% of Americans believe that climate change is mainly caused by “natural changes in the environment”.
Source: Yale/Gallup/Clearvision Poll 24
Talking about environmental issues – 10% of Americans think it’s the environmentalists themselves who cause devastating oil spills.
Source: Public Policy Polling 23
About 33% of Americans believe that Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the 9/11 attack.
Source: CBS News/New York Times Poll 22
More than a third of Americans believe that sexual orientation is a choice.
Source: Gallup Poll 21
Americans seem to like unorthodox opinions in general as half of them believe in some form of conspiracy theory.
Source: Conspiracy Theories and the Paranoid Style(s) of Mass Opinion by J. Eric Oliver and Thomas J. Wood 20
One in every five Americans believe that humans will be able to control the weather within a few decades.
Source: Pew Research Report 19
As many as 18% Americans believe that the Earth is the center of the universe.
Source: Gallup poll 18
And one in four Americans believe that the Sun revolves around the Earth.
Source: National Science Foundation Study 17
A quarter of Americans think the Darwin´s theory of evolution is not real.
Source: Pew Research Report 16
According to the Consumer Federation of America and the Financial Planning Association, 20% of Americans believe that winning the lottery is a good financial plan.
Source: Consumer Federation of America and the Financial Planning Association 15
Almost 33% of Americans believe in ghosts and 18% of Americans even claim they have seen some.
Source: Pew research report 14
More than a third of Americans are sure aliens exist and as many as 80% think that US government has kept some secret information about UFOs.
Source: National Geographic Survey 13
More than three quarters of Americans believe there are indisputable evidences that aliens have already visited our planet.
Source: National Geographic Survey 12
About 7% of Americans believe the historic 1969 Moon Landing never happened.
Source: Public Policy Polling 11
7% of Americans are convinced that Elvis Presley is still alive.
Source: CBS News Poll 10
Nearly one third of Americans believe that Bigfoot really exists.
Source: Public Policy Polling Note: This is taking into account the “not sure” answers.
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About one in four Americans suspect that President Barack Obama is the antichrist.
Source: Public Policy Polling 8
More than half of Americans suspect that a secretive global elite is trying to create a New World Order
Source: Public Policy Polling 7
About 26% of Americans still believe in witchcraft.
Source: Gallup Poll 6
Almost a quarter of Americans believe in reincarnation (i.e. they are convinced they were once another person).
Source: Pew research report 5
15% of American voters believe that the media adds secret mind controlling technology to TV broadcasts
Source: Public Policy Polling 4
12% of Americans believe that the CIA deliberately infected African-Americans with HIV under the guise of a hepatitis inoculation program
Source: University of Chicago Study: Medical Conspiracy Theories and Health Behaviors in the United States 3
20% believe that cellphones cause cancer but that the government is afraid of large corporations and refuse to address the health hazard.
Source: University of Chicago Study: Medical Conspiracy Theories and Health Behaviors in the United States 2
More than 40% of Americans believe in extrasensory perception.
Source: Gallup Poll 1
1 in 4 Americans believe they won their independence from a country OTHER than Great Britain.
Source: Gallup Poll 
