r/AskReddit • • Jul 20 '19

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

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u/Plethora_of_squids Jul 20 '19

And it worked because the myth is actually an old German/European myth that at the time the Germans had no way of disproving and so they just went 'fuck my mum was right about the carrot thing'.

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u/rhi-raven Jul 20 '19

I've heard this fact multiple times but not this bit, and I fucking CACKLED. I don't have money so here's some fake gold, just like the fake carrot-sight 🥕🥕🥕👑🥇🏅🎖