17 People Share the Stupidest Things They Believed as Kids

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Eric Lund
Dec 19, 2018 11:00 AM EST

Sometimes parents lie to their kids to keep them safe. Sometimes they lie to keep things fun. Sometimes they just wanna be absolute douches.

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