Dumbest Things That People's Parents Actually Believed

Many of us have had our share of moments with our parents where we end up being genuinely flabbergasted over the kinds of crazy things that they end up believing in. This AskReddit thread is all about the wildest things that people's parents have ever ended up mistaking for truth. You can't even begin to imagine just how crazy things get. 

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