Did bitcoin leak from an American spy lab?
No. But the theory is spreading online
The origins of covid-19 remain unknown. Most scientists think it jumped from wild animals to humans at a meat market in Wuhan. But it is also possible it escaped from a virology research lab in the same city.
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