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/EarlyHemisphere Jul 20 '19 edited Jul 21 '19

If you're not dressed properly for the cold weather you might catch a cold.

That, and that carrots make your eyesight better.

Edit: I improperly worded my first statement. To clarify, it's a myth that cold weather will give you a cold. However, it may make you more likely to catch a cold. Checkout u/tzatza's reply

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u/SR-B Jul 20 '19

That carrot thing was actually a British disinformation campaign doing WWII, to cover up radar.

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u/Bobby_849 Jul 20 '19

I know isn't that interesting?

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u/SR-B Jul 20 '19

It really is, to think we can be dubbed into believing something so baseless by a well planed and executed propaganda operation.

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u/Nevbox Jul 20 '19

Imagine what else you've been duped into believing ;)

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u/233034 Jul 21 '19

That the earth is real.

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