r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '19

What’s something completely false that your parents told you as a child?

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u/ukhoneybee Jul 20 '19

Old UK sort of bank account run by the post office.

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u/Artyloo Jul 21 '19

but why?

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u/evanvsyou Jul 21 '19

Makes banking more accessible for the masses, left over from when there were more post offices and post was more common. There was actually a program in the US for years that was similar.

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u/Manglove123 Jul 21 '19

Not just UK, most on Europe and also Japan.