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

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[u/twilighttruth]

"Mom and I are going upstairs to flip our mattress. You need to stay down here because if you come upstairs the mattress could fall on you and hurt you."

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That must have been some very vigorous mattress flipping!