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Tin Foil Hats refers to a type of fashion accessory made out of aluminum foil that are usually worn under the belief that it protects the user from mind control, electormagnetic fields, and mind reading, tin foil hats have also been stereotyped to be a fashion accessory for conspiracy theorists both online and the real world
Origin
In 1717, non-freemasons began suspicion on the brotherhood, and suggested that the Freemasons were using mind control on them [1], soon forming a club called the “Mad Hatters”, the members eventually found out about the protective properties of aluminum foil, and began making hats out of it
Spread
In 1927, Julius Huxley published the short sci-fi story “The Tissue-Culture King”, in which one of the characters that caps of metal foil can block the effects of telepathy, the short story is believed to be the first known use of tin foil hats
Notable Examples
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