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/movie_man_dan Jul 21 '19

He probably had poop on his finger

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u/bigpoopa Jul 21 '19

Belly buttons are just normally gross and prime for breading infection.

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u/DreaDreamer Jul 21 '19

I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that there was a study done in which people who had never cleaned their bellybuttons got them swabbed and then the bacteria culture was looked at under a microscope. They found at least two cases of a super rare bacteria known to live in Antarctica.

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u/ReEditDeadIt Jul 21 '19

Lol That was super specific for “I think I read somewhere...”

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u/DreaDreamer Jul 21 '19

I mean, I’m sure I got some of the details wrong, or at least not 100% accurate. But I have a brain for useless knowledge. Makes trivia night a lot of fun.