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The question of whether torture is ever justified must take a back seat to the more important question: Is it effective at producing useful intelligence?

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Is this new technique to move your consciousness into another world anything more than just vivid imagination? Maybe.

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Seed oils seem to be the newest food villain. Are they something you truly need to avoid?

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Popular tales claim that pirates used the island of Cozumel as a base of operations. History tells us pretty much the exact opposite.

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As a thoughtful primer for our Skeptoid Adventure through the Maya World of the Yucatán coast this December, we're dropping an episode from our good friends at the Tales From Aztlantis podcast that's all about the so-called "Mayan Calender" that was the source of so much hype -- and some real harm -- leading up to December 2012.

FUN FACT: Tales From Aztlantis co-host and Indigenous Chicano archaeologist and ethnohistorian Kurly Tlapoyawa will be our guide on "The Mysteries of the Maya" Skeptoid Adventure this December!

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