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# Pants on Fire

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Lying about jail and a reference from a husband: 65% of employers receive falsified CVs

Some of these lies are doozies.

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Apr 14th 2014, 9:08 AM

US presidential hopeful accused of 'pants on fire-esque' falsehoods

Hopeful for the 2012 Republican nomination Michelle Bachmann has been dropping untruth bombs quite a lot recently.

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Jun 27th 2011, 10:36 PM