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Will drinking beer ferment major health benefits?

A meme credits the amber liquid with everything from preventing cancer to delaying ageing.

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Social media beef over McDonald's burgers is all sizzle no steak

A meme has recirculated a long-standing claim about the fast food giant's use of beef treated with ammonium hydroxide.

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Can Victoria businesses refuse entry to maskless customers?

An activist social media page claims such bans would be "disability discrimination".

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Did Scott Morrison 'help' Joe Biden violate the Logan Act with a phone call?

The Australian prime minister was one of several world leaders to congratulate the Democrat on his US election win.

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Does a new study show masks are ineffective at stopping COVID-19 infection?

The Danish research has been seized on as strong evidence against mask-wearing.

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Soap and cotton ball tick-removal advice gets a big cross

An unnamed nurse has been credited with discovering the easy way to remove ticks - but experts advise against following such "folk remedies'.

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Are 500,000 people waiting for hospital care in New Zealand?

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been accused of "destroying the health system" in one online post.

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Tall tale of women begging for forgiveness is a Christmas cracker

Wives traditionally asked their husbands to pardon their mistakes of the past year, according to internet folklore.

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Can Australians be locked up for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine?

Some social media users are worried the Biosecurity Act could be used to enforce vaccinations.

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World's oldest person candidate hasn't aged well

Speculation that a Chinese man, Li Ching Yuen, lived for 256 years continues to have viral appeal on social media.

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Fake Jim Carrey COVID-19 quote is no laughing matter

It's not the first time that comments shared on social media have falsely been credited to the Hollywood star.

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Pope post is a hoax of biblical proportions

Claims that the head of the Catholic Church has cancelled the Bible have resurfaced on social media.

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New Zealand's 'new' Food Bill doesn't ban gardening

Claims of a global conspiracy to ban home-grown food in the country are circulating among social media users.

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'Proof' the virus behind COVID-19 doesn't exist fails basic biology test

A widely shared video claims the SARS-CoV-2 virus has never been isolated in a lab.

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Is 5G exposure like living in an airport scanner?

Opponents of the technology claim Australia has some of the world's weakest standards for electromagnetic radiation.

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No, the Australian government isn't a privately owned US company

Posts on social media claim to have uncovered a secret being withheld from the public.

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Were dead people in Michigan able to 'vote' in the US election?

Online records suggest people who have been dead more than 30 years could cast ballots - but there's more to the story.

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Do face masks cause 'staph' infections?

One Facebook user has described the face coverings as "bacteria breeders".

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False Islam quote attached to acquitted terror suspect resurfaces

Multiple memes featuring comments purportedly advocating for non-Muslims to be killed have been circulating for years.

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ABC chief Ita Buttrose hasn't endorsed Donald Trump in the US election

False claims have been swirling around the Australian media figure since she backed some of the president's comments.

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