BUSTING CHILDHOOD MYTHS

Reddit asked; “What childhood myth were you crushed to find out was false?” Some of the responses:
– “Brown cows do not make chocolate milk.”
– “Finding a star on your Tootsie Pop wrapper didn’t earn you a free Tootsie Pop.”
– “My family has roots in Russia and my mom convinced me when I was 10 that I had an arranged marriage ‘from the old country.’ I thought she was serious. When I was a teenager, I thought ‘oh yeah I got a Russian bride waiting for me.’ I was kinda crushed when I found out it was all a joke.”
– “That when it’s raining and the sun is shining at the same time, foxes get married.”
– “When I was small I thought that you could sit on clouds. Turns out it’s just water vapor. I was so disappointed.”
– “I thought jackalopes were real.” (rabbits with antlers)
– “One of my teachers in elementary school was very tall. I asked her how she got so tall, and she said she ate all her vegetables. I obsessively ate them, and grew up to be 4’10.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Beyond Santa Claus, The Tooth Fairy and The Easter Bunny, what childhood myth did you have busted when you grew up?