Why hackers love the digital currencycy 12A Shortcuts Pop Why fans think Avril Lavigne is actually a clone id you know Avril D Lavigne was replaced by a lookalike named Melissa in 200 3? At least, that’s what the internet would have you believe. The old conspiracy theory that Lavigne was “cloned” resurfaced on Twitter over the weekend , but it has been bandied about the internet since 2005 . The theory claims Lavigne (below), struggling with fame at the beginning of her career , began using a body double named Melissa. At some point , the real Lavigne is said to have died, so the record company replaced her with Melissa full-time . Paul McCartney Taylor Swift Beyoncé But Lavigne is not the fi rst Possibly the best known Moving away from the “clone Beyoncé and Jay Z have celebrity to be subject to an example is the claim that Paul replaces celebrity” genre, theorists long been associated with the unverifi ed cloning conspiracy McCartney was replaced with believe Taylor Swift is , in fact, the Illuminati on certain pockets of theory, as these examples show. a lookalike after he had been clone of a former satanic priestess. the internet – so much so that Elena Cresci killed in a car accident . The Seems reasonable. The theory, Beyoncé referenced it in her urban legend took root in 1969, which dates back to 2011, claims song Formation . It is also claimed following the release of the Swift is an Illuminati clone of Zeena that the Illuminati uses clones Beatles’ Abbey Road. Fans hunted LaVey (below), the daughter of to brainwash society . Sometimes, for clues – they were convinced the founder of the Church of Satan. all it takes to set the conspiracy John Lennon was saying “I buried Essentially, the two look similar. wheels in motion is two diff erent Paul” in Strawberry Fields Forever, There are thousands of videos pictures of the same person, for example (Lennon said he on YouTube comparing the two , and the Beyoncé cloning theory was actually saying “cranberry which surely counts as proof. gained a fl urry of attention sauce” ). Unlike some more recent last year when a Facebook post conspiracy theories, the person that compared images of the at the centre actually rebutted singer from 2010 and 2016 went the claim . In an interview with viral. It read: “Fans the chick on Life magazine in November 1969, the left is her but the chick on McCartney said: “Perhaps the the right is not. 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When he bought the club, he who has time to for your bad results, according defrost brunch? banned red meat from all its menus. to research by nutritionist Ruth Italian: Fiorentina pizza with Avoiding red meat doesn’t make you vegan. Ah, Tongue . Unsurprisingly, fresh spinach, egg, olives and tomato but that was just the fi rst step. The club became fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds sauce. If you can run to extra 100% vegan in 2015. No animal products of any get a nutritional A grade: the anchovies, do it. description are on sale anywhere in the club. You more colourful, the better . Leafy can’t even get cow’s milk in your tea any more. greens such as spinach, which Middle Eastern: Falafel in a whole- Yuck. Well, hold on. The club’s Q pie – a Quorn have been shown to increase meal pitta with plenty of tomatoes and leek pie made with soya milk b echamel – memory power in rodents , are and parsley and a dollop of tahini . just won a podium spot at this year’s British Pie particularly good. Regular con- Food for thought … awards. That doesn’t sound too bad, does it? sumption of fi sh and seafood is Finish off with some dark choco- eating eggs, as found I suppose not. Still, at least the club’s success GETTY/iSTOCKPHOTO; REX GETTY/iSTOCKPHOTO; linked to a larger hippocampus, late and a small glass of red wine; on Fiorentina pizza, proves that athleticism isn’t necessarily the area responsible for learning both are packed with polyphenols. may boost memory dimmed by a commitment to a vegan lifestyle. and memory, and oily fi sh are a That’s one glass of wine. Hang on, Yes, about that. rich source of docosahexaenoic you’re not doing maths, are you? What? The players are all vegan, right? I mean, PHOTOGRAPHS PHOTOGRAPHS acid, the most abundant omega-3 Felicity Cloake there was that photo from a year ago , which appeared to show the club’s players and staff shovelling meat pies into their faces outside the Stroud branch of Greggs … Oh, really? I knew it! Hypocrites! To be fair, the club’s veganism isn’t enforced out of work.