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When children are little and misbehave, parents often come up with little lies to make children do as they say. Or some parents have a twisted sense of humor and think that it’s funny their kids believe every ridiculous thing they say because their little ones haven’t developed critical thinking yet.

Most often kids are good at figuring out that something their parents told them was not necessarily true, but the problem is that this knowledge doesn’t come from the parents themselves, so it could be that their children still believe the nonsense they fed them.

It happens more often than you think, plus as children we have our own understanding of things that are not true but, in the eyes of a kid, seem logical. People shared what were some of the ridiculous beliefs they had for way too long, answering Johnnyboi1322's question.

Do you relate to any of them? What are some of the facts that you believed for embarrassingly too long? Let us know in the comments!

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community That politicians had our best interests at heart because we elected them to do so.

All_Your_Base , Juozas Šalna Report

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community That quicksand and the Bermuda Triangle would be huge threats in your day to day adult life.

RigasTelRuun , John Johnston Report

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community Work hard and employers will look out for you.

Yes, I still work hard and do my job. And yes, there are good employers. Broad stroke statements don't truly work.

PMyourTastefulNudes , HannahWebb Report

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Vorknkx
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I worked hard and my employer told me there's a line of people begging for my position, should I quit... 7 years later, my position is not filled yet :D

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community When I was a kid, my mom always told me that all the nutrition in bread is in the crust, so she wouldn't have to keep cutting it off. Found out that wasn't true when I was 20, after bringing it up to some friends. I still get s**t for that.

TheGriffnin , WordRidden Report

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Shelp
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The real question is why you wanted your crust to be cut in the first place

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community My grandad loved dark chocolates. He always told my dad that dark chocolate is poisonous to children so he wouldn't take any. Trouble is, he never corrected him.

So, when my dad was 23 and at a friend's house, their toddler got hold of an after eight.

Cue my dad leaping from the couch, shouting "NO" and slapping the chocolate out of the toddler's hand.

EmpressCheddarPickle , various brennemans Report

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Luther von Wolfen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember being about 4 and finding baker's chocolate in a kitchen cabinet. What a cruel trick.

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community Touching a baby bird will make the mother abandon them

TurtlesTurnMeOn , Steve Jurvetson Report

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community I used to think that eating cold turkey somehow helped people quit smoking.

JLynn943 , Stuart Caie Report

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community I had no clue that pickles and cucumbers were the same thing. I went to grow my first garden and commented that you can't find pickle seeds anywhere. /Facepalm

mYl1ttl3PWNY , rebecca.shiraev@sbcglobal.net Report

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community College will guarantee you a good paying job

Strafer789 , Cory Doctorow Report

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community That spiders have big territories, so if your father eliminated the ENORMOUS spider in your room it was safe to go to bed, because there would be no other spiders in the WHOLE house.

chrisseren1988 , John Flannery Report

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NsG
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And, in a similar vein, spiders can't climb higher than the third floor

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community Being cold gives you a cold

Redditfront2back , Ivan Report

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Twodogsandapicnictable
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You do need germs for that, but I think your body wasting extra energy to keep you warm doesn't exactly help your immune system fight them off. And hypothermia and frostbite can still mess you up without giving you a "cold".

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community That your blood is blue inside your body and it only turns red when it’s oxygenated. I only learnt last year that it’s a myth. God, how stupid I feel ever thinking that was real.

Airesy , thisisbossi Report

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community That the black market was an actual market you could go to. I thought it was in Egypt or something. And would have black coloured stalls and sell crazy stuff.

Crunchie2020 , Gary Bembridge Report

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K. Lange
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Funny to see german beermugs together with a Note about an Egypt market

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community Swallowing a bubble gum would remain forever in your stomach

pacerecon , Kathleen Tyler Conklin Report

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community That women have 1 more rib than men.

I spent 10 years being fed that this was true by the church because 'Adam gave his rib to Eve so she could bear children'.

I looked really stupid in anatomy class.

Item_Successful , marc cornelis Report

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Luther von Wolfen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The rib thing is the result of bad translation. Eve was actually made from Adam's "side". It can be read to mean that the original human was genderless, and was split into two parts to make male and female.

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community When I was younger I believed that in different countries a version of myself was there.

Ex* in France there would be a French version of myself living a regular life

Warm-Presentation560 , Mark Doliner Report

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community That camels store water in their humps

Mescaper , Nigel Swales Report

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Twodogsandapicnictable
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They don't fill up like jugs, but I'm pretty sure the extra moisture stored in all that tissue might have something to do with them being able to go extended lengths of time without water.

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community When I was a kid I thought zig zag rolling papers were little bibles, cause the dude on the front looked like Jesus to me.

IncomeNatural8178 , Betty Bob Report

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Mermaid Elle-Jaye
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought the paper was the same material cos it kinda looked similar as a kid 😂 smoking my first joint was an experience and a half 😂

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community A blanket was a viable parachute when jumping off a porch...

Finalfantasylove85 , Roger Mommaerts Report

#21

30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community that sneezing w my eyes open would make my eyes pop out

zeliths , hedera.baltica Report

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community Eating a seed will cause that tree to grow inside the stomach

getthephenom , timlewisnm Report

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community Eating my vegetables would help me grow big and tall like my dad who’s 6’0

I’m a whopping 5’0 tall

punkyspunk , Jeremy Keith Report

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community My dad told me as a young child that the Great Wall of China was actually built to keep rabbits out of all their crops. I told people that for years…

ColoredVeins11 , Matt Barber Report

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community I’m late to the party but my parents told me that the ice cream truck only played music when it was out of ice cream.

popejiii , K E Report

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MCMLXXIII
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yet all the kids in the neighborhood were running towards it and then purchasing ice cream?

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community That artichoke hearts were toxic. All because my dad wanted me and my brother to leave them for him.

caryatidcorp , Alabama Extension Report

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Anita Pickle
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just thinking of the artichoke heart has me salivating. (That is probably the oddest thing I have ever posted, but fresh artichoke hearts are so incredibly delicious)

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community Not me, but my sister is born on the 31 of december, so until her 5th birthday (I think), our father and I told her that all the fireworks were to celebrate her birthday.

Hector_Tueux , zyxwvuu Report

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Kelzbelz79
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is sweet in a way but I can imagine you felt a bit pissed off and upset that the same didn't happen on your special day

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community That ponies are just teenage horses.

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community That horseshoe crabs had poisonous tails like stingrays and could sting you with them.

I literally thought this until yesterday

Whedonsb***h , Christopher Paquette Report

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Ryker Pingree
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually, they are quite amazing creatures! More related to spiders and scorpions, the horseshoe crab is valued for its blood, but why? Because it is a key part to vaccines by providing it's bright blue blood to help test them for contamination, in a test called "Limulus Amebocyte." If you want to know more, you should read this fascinating article: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/horseshoe-crab-blood-miracle-vaccine-ingredient.html#:~:text=What%20is%20horseshoe%20crab%20blood,horseshoe%20crab's%20body%20from%20toxins.

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30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community I didn’t use a microwave until I was 13 because my parents thought it caused cancer.

Greenmountainscdn , Ewen Roberts Report

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BoredPip
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is kind of true. Old microwaves didn't have all the protective equipment, and, well, they do emmit radiation. However, modern microwaves are proofed against that, so they're rather safe

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