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From vaccine quackery and Tylenol panic to climate change denial and the erosion of the nation’s public health apparatus, the Trump administration may be the most aggressively anti-science in modern American history. But the sad truth is, large portions of America have long rejected science in favor of believing in some of the most absurd things you can imagine.

Like witches.

In May, Gallup polled the public’s belief in eight paranormal phenomena, and while Americans are most skeptical about the existence of witches, only 60% don’t believe in them. Meanwhile, 1 in 4 adults believes that witches exist, and ano

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