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Are Women Wearing The Hijab Banned From Zara Stores?

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Are Women Wearing The Hijab Banned From Zara Stores?

Zara, the Spanish fast-fashion retailer, has come under attack for (apparently) banning women wearing the ...

Zara, the Spanish fast-fashion retailer, has come under attack for (apparently) banning women wearing the hijab from their stores. As the story goes, Zara in France decided not to let women wearing th ...

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Hey Loser, Let Me Scam You. Okay?

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Hey Loser, Let Me Scam You. Okay?

Scammers are a dime a dozen, and why not? It pays very well. As David Hannum once said in criticism of P. ...

Scammers are a dime a dozen, and why not? It pays very well. As David Hannum once said in criticism of P. T. Barnum - There's a sucker born every minute. Is it any wonder that they are so brazen? On t ...

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The Real Men Don’t Support IsraHell Hoax Debunked!

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The Real Men Don’t Support IsraHell Hoax Debunked!

The Real Men Don't Support IsraHell campaign is another example of the STUPIDITY of some Palestinian supp ...

The Real Men Don't Support IsraHell campaign is another example of the STUPIDITY of some Palestinian supporters. They basically demonstrated not only their stupidity, but also their lack of morality. ...

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White Sacs Of Parasites In Our Fish

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White Sacs Of Parasites In Our Fish

A health warning about white sacs of parasites in our fish is now circulating on Facebook. It shows a pic ...

A health warning about white sacs of parasites in our fish is now circulating on Facebook. It shows a picture of a piece of fish meat with white sacs embedded in the flesh. The white sacs are said to ...

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Tetra Pak Package Numbers Hoax

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Tetra Pak Package Numbers Hoax

There are so many health blogs online that many of them try to stand out above the crowd by posting start ...

There are so many health blogs online that many of them try to stand out above the crowd by posting startling news. Since genuine healthcare is slow and plodding work, most of them just end up making ...

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The ISIS Did Not Even Have The Quran Hoax Debunked!

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The ISIS Did Not Even Have The Quran Hoax Debunked!

There are many Muslim apologists who claim that ISIS is not Islamic because they didn't even have the Qur ...

There are many Muslim apologists who claim that ISIS is not Islamic because they didn't even have the Quran. They even quoted a former ISIS hostage and journalist, Didier François, as evidence! We wil ...

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Director-General of Information Maligns Teresa Kok

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Director-General of Information Maligns Teresa Kok

The Malaysian Director-General of Information, Dato' Haji Ibrahim Abdul Rahman, keeps getting caught maki ...

The Malaysian Director-General of Information, Dato' Haji Ibrahim Abdul Rahman, keeps getting caught making false claims. This time, he falsely accused Seputeh Member of Parliament, Teresa Kok, of pos ...

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The Selendang Merah Hoax by Dagang Piatu Debunked!

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The Selendang Merah Hoax by Dagang Piatu Debunked!

Last night, a friend shared this post by Dagang Piatu on the murderous Selendang Merah. It was an old pos ...

Last night, a friend shared this post by Dagang Piatu on the murderous Selendang Merah. It was an old post (posted on the 7 February 2014) but people started sharing it again on the 2 September 2015, ...

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Another Faux Pas By The Director-General Of Information?

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Another Faux Pas By The Director-General Of Information?

We were so engrossed with our coverage of Bersih 4.0 that we missed another faux pas by the Director-Gene ...

We were so engrossed with our coverage of Bersih 4.0 that we missed another faux pas by the Director-General of the Department Of Information, Dato' Haji Ibrahim Abdul Rahman. If you recall, he was th ...

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Bersih Falsely Accused Of Burning The Malaysian Flag

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Bersih Falsely Accused Of Burning The Malaysian Flag

Updated @ 28/8/2015 : Dato' Haji Ibrahim Abdul Rahman just deleted or made private more than 2 years' wor ...

Updated @ 28/8/2015 : Dato' Haji Ibrahim Abdul Rahman just deleted or made private more than 2 years' worth of posts, including his post on a Bersih supporter burning the Malaysian flag. This instantl ...

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These Sikhs Are Not Ready To Bhangra Bersih Style

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These Sikhs Are Not Ready To Bhangra Bersih Style

This post shows a large number of Sikhs wearing yellow turbans. The poster, Baghwan Singh claims that "Th ...

This post shows a large number of Sikhs wearing yellow turbans. The poster, Baghwan Singh claims that "The Sikhs are ready to Bhangra... Bersih style". I thought this was a joke until I saw how many p ...

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The Hanging Pillar of Lepakshi Temple

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The Hanging Pillar of Lepakshi Temple

The beautiful Lepakshi Temple (also known as the Veerabhadra Temple) was built in the 16th century, but m ...

The beautiful Lepakshi Temple (also known as the Veerabhadra Temple) was built in the 16th century, but many people have not heard of it. One proud Indian, Maulik Lekhadia, is trying to correct that b ...

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The StemTech StemEnhance Scam Debunked!

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The StemTech StemEnhance Scam Debunked!

We take a look at StemEnhance from StemTech International, and show you why it is a scam. My First ...

We take a look at StemEnhance from StemTech International, and show you why it is a scam. My First Direct Experience With The StemEnhance Scam People seem to love sending me all sorts of hoaxes ...

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Journalism At Its Best – Same Bomb In Different Stories!

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Journalism At Its Best – Same Bomb In Different Stories!

Sometime in 2014, this tweet about the same bomb being used in different news stories went viral. Many pe ...

Sometime in 2014, this tweet about the same bomb being used in different news stories went viral. Many people saw it as evidence that the mainstream media was making up stories. But guess what - it wa ...

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Credit Card Scam Using Survey At AEON Big – UPDATED!

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Credit Card Scam Using Survey At AEON Big – UPDATED!

Updated @ 12/8/2015 : We checked in with Wendy again on her case. She informed us that AEON BiG terminate ...

Updated @ 12/8/2015 : We checked in with Wendy again on her case. She informed us that AEON BiG terminated the company's tenancy and will no longer allow them to do business there again. However, she ...

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Oops! Psychic Ken Robert Is No Psychic!

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Oops! Psychic Ken Robert Is No Psychic!

Psychic Ken Robert professes to be a Gifted Psychic Medium Clairvoyant with profound intuition. But he pu ...

Psychic Ken Robert professes to be a Gifted Psychic Medium Clairvoyant with profound intuition. But he publicly fell for a really silly hoax! Some Context When we covered the Peaceful Century's ...

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DNA In Cow’s Milk Makes Children Hot-Tempered Hoax!

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong

DNA In Cow’s Milk Makes Children Hot-Tempered Hoax!

A religious teacher claimed on national TV that DNA in cow's milk makes children hot-tempered! Unbelievab ...

A religious teacher claimed on national TV that DNA in cow's milk makes children hot-tempered! Unbelievable! We debunk this nonsensical claim, and share with you the facts on cow's milk and DNA in gen ...

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AEON BiG Fake Contest Scam

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong

AEON BiG Fake Contest Scam

Beware of the AEON BiG fake contest scam! On the 6th of August, 2015, AEON BiG issued a warning about a s ...

Beware of the AEON BiG fake contest scam! On the 6th of August, 2015, AEON BiG issued a warning about a scam syndicate. At that time, we thought that the AEON BiG fake contest scam was related to our ...

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The Queen Elizabeth Bus Ride To Protest Fuel Price Hoax!

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The Queen Elizabeth Bus Ride To Protest Fuel Price Hoax!

On Facebook, there is a new claim that Queen Elizabeth took a bus for 2 days "as a sign of protest agains ...

On Facebook, there is a new claim that Queen Elizabeth took a bus for 2 days "as a sign of protest against the price of fuel", and on the third day, "the price of fuel dropped by 20%". It's now being ...

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The German Police March Against The ECB Hoax!

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The German Police March Against The ECB Hoax!

Conspiracy theorists claim that German police officers marched against the Rothschild European Central Ba ...

Conspiracy theorists claim that German police officers marched against the Rothschild European Central Bank, showing a picture of German police officers marching. But as usual, it's nothing more than ...

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