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What is snake oil?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The Golden Age of Snake Oil Grifting

The conspiratorial genre of snake oil grifting is thriving. It is a golden age of selling people bull and I am not joking here. There might be someone selling bull poop. Take Dr. Awkward's patented polydactyl prevention potion. You know, for like a vague unease or are you worried about your children being born with more than five fingers on each hand?

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