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Does The Honorific Sir Really Mean “Slave I Remain”?

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: March 13, 2017
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Does The Honorific Sir Really Mean “Slave I Remain”?

There is a new claim going around about how the honorific title Sir really means "Slave I Remain", and th ...

There is a new claim going around about how the honorific title Sir really means "Slave I Remain", and that it originated with the British who used it to mentally enslave the Indians. No, not the Amer ...

March 13, 2017
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The Panadol Kills Vultures & Humans Hoax Debunked!

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: January 16, 2017
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The Panadol Kills Vultures & Humans Hoax Debunked!

It is said that hoaxes never die, they just get reborn again and again. The hoax that Panadol kills vultu ...

It is said that hoaxes never die, they just get reborn again and again. The hoax that Panadol kills vultures and is toxic to humans has been around for ages. We debunked it in this Tech ARP forum post ...

January 16, 2017
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These Sikhs Are Not Ready To Bhangra Bersih Style

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: August 27, 2015
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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 ...

August 27, 2015
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The Hanging Pillar of Lepakshi Temple

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: August 26, 2015
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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 ...

August 26, 2015
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