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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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    2 years 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.

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    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.

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    Luther von Wolfen
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    2 years 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 I used to think that eating cold turkey somehow helped people quit smoking.

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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

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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

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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.

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    NsG
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    2 years 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

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    Twodogsandapicnictable
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    2 years 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.

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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.

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    K. Lange
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    2 years 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

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    Octavia Hansen
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is right next to the watermelon seed that would sprout in your stomach . . .

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents would tell me that it would pile up in my stomach because your stomach couldn't break down rubber

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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to wonder too as to why parents gave us flavoured ‘rubber’ that’s indigestible anyways 😂 then tell us not to swallow it!?

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I swallowed gum at an early age, hoping to blow bubbles from my ar*e when I farted. I was very disappointed

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard it would take 7 years to pass through your intestines. A gym teacher made me swallow mine in class, and I cried

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now if you swallow large amounts of hair it will stay in your digestive system and can clog it. I believe it would have to be a ridiculous amount though.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And swallowing a watermelon seed would have a watermelon grow in your tummy.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was 5 my babysitter convinced me that swallowed bubblegum would stick itself to my ribs and electrocute me. She also put burn marks in the ceiling of my dad's camper. She was a bit of a b***h.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i actually used to belive this to, until i googled it.....

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    Forever, without stopping, immortally in there, causing your very death. Obviously!

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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.

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    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 That camels store water in their humps

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    Mermaid Elle-Jaye
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    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

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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.

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    MCMLXXIII
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    2 years 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.

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    2 years 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.

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    Kelzbelz79
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    2 years 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.

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    Ryker Pingree
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    2 years 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.

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    BoredPip
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    30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community Banana nut muffins where made from a Banana nut. Just a type of nut called Banana nut. I was 17 years old when I learned they were made from bananas and nuts.

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    Robert T
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is actually being worked on, you're just a little ahead of your time! Camera in the glasses transmits to an implant close to the optic nerve. Limited resolution yet, but enough to make out shapes.

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    30 Facts That People Found Out Were False Way Too Late In Life, As Shared In This Online Community I thought milk was cow pee until I was like 8; idk it just made sense to me & I never questioned it

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