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Does eating 2 kiwi fruits a day reverse signs of skin ageing?

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A post circulating on X claims that eating two kiwifruits a day reverses signs of skin ageing, citing a study that apparently found that kiwis increased skin density by approximately…

Are strangers using drug-laced perfume to knock out and rob women?

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A warning message has been circulating widely on Facebook in May and June 2026, claiming that thieves are approaching women in shopping malls and car parks and offering them a…

Are there hidden nets in Singapore’s drains to catch plastic waste?

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We came across a claim that has been circulating on social media, including Instagram, Facebook, Threads and LinkedIn, that Singapore’s drains are fitted with hidden nets to prevent plastic waste…

Are Driscoll’s strawberries laced with hundreds of pesticides and confirmed to cause cancer?

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Videos circulating on Facebook and Instagram in May 2026 made alarming claims about Driscoll's, the United States' largest strawberry brand. One viral reel declared that "America's number one strawberry brand…

Was a Fox News guest wearing a “CIA mask” during his television appearance?

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A clip from a Fox News broadcast that aired on 19 May 2026 has gone viral on X, TikTok, Threads and Reddit, with users claiming that the guest — retired…

Do these videos show actors faking the Hantavirus outbreak?

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We came across claims circulating on X suggesting that the hantavirus outbreak is staged, accompanied by a video appearing to show a man smoking a cigarette while lying among a…

Does wearing polyester actually impair fertility?

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A claim circulating on X suggests that polyester clothing acts as a form of birth control, referencing a study on dogs as evidence that wearing polyester could impair human fertility.…

Did China ban US citizens from entering the country over the hantavirus outbreak?

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We came across the following post on X from @_MegaPolitics, published on 7 May 2026, which had accumulated approximately 1.5 million views. The post states: “Breaking: China officially bans all…

Was the Hantavirus engineered?

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A Facebook post suggests that the hantavirus was engineered after sharing a screenshot of a Hantavirus vaccine patent filed in 2022. The post claims hantavirus 'arrived' in 2026, four years…

Do Singapore Airlines flight attendants give passengers foot wipes on ultra long haul flights?

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We came across the following post on X by user @Fahadnaimb, an aviation-focused account, which has been viewed over 650,000 times since being posted on May 4 2026. The post…

Is Google Chrome downloading an AI model onto devices without user consent?

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We came across a viral post circulating on X that claims that Google Chrome is silently downloading a 4 gigabyte (GB) artificial intelligence model onto users’ computers without consent, notification,…

Did the US Department of Defense order American hospitals to replace medicine with “Quantum Medical Systems”?

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A viral claim with over 250 thousand views has been circulating on X since late April 2026 that every hospital in the United States received a sealed Department of Defense…