The bizarre conspiracy theory that Bob Marley was assassinated

There’s a conspiracy theory that the classic cartoon Tom and Jerry was secretly created to normalize people living with mice. According to this idea, the show’s constant battles where Jerry the mouse outsmarts Tom the cat weren’t just for laughs, but a form of subtle conditioning. By making Jerry clever, funny, and sympathetic, and Tom clumsy and mean, the cartoon encouraged viewers—especially children—to root for the mouse instead of the cat. In reality, mice in the early 20th century were a ma