25 People Share Lies They Were Told As Kids But Believed Well Into Adulthood

Remember when you were told that if you swallowed a watermelon seed, a tree would grow inside you? Or that watching TV too close would turn your eyes square?

Ah, the good ol’ days of naiveté! As kids, we often believed everything the grown-ups said, only to realize later that some of those “facts” were… well, not exactly factual.

From hilarious to downright bizarre, this reddit thread has 25 whoppers that some folks carried with them long after their childhood years. Ready for a trip down the lane of misled memories and nostalgic stories? Dive in and see if you too were bamboozled by any of these tall tales!

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