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adding too much sugar to foods would give you "sugar worms"...

I used to think that the white part of an orange rind was poisonous, so I would try to get every bit off before I ate the orange. Imagine my horror the first time I read a recipe that called for grated orange peel!

Peggy

my friends and i believed that eating peanut butter and mayonnaise together would poison you.
i also believed that the dark colored (burnt) potato chips gave you cancer, and that was what killed my great grandmother.

Anon

My mom told me that if I ate raw hotdogs or spoonfuls of sugar, I'd get worms. I believed her until I was 13.

seale

When I was about six or seven years old, my nanny told me that if I took a shower right after eating, my food in my stomach would turn into popcorn and explode! Of course I was skeptical about the exploding bit, but I still never shower after eating!

Ria

I was told and continue to tell my kids that if they eat raw cookie dough they will get worms in their stomach.

Ann

A friend told me that his mother put turpentine in her baklava pastries(perhaps to keep me from eating them all?) and if I ate 3, the total amount of turpentine would kill me. I wasn't 100% convinced, so I only ate 2 1/2 of them. I still love baklava, but I won't eat 3 in a sitting for caloric reasons.

Daphna Flakowicz

When I was little, my brother and sister and I believed that if you tore the processed cheese when removing the plastic covering, that slice was bad and should be thrown away.

Canadian Ninja

my cousin uded to belive that hiccups were caused by the food in your stomach colliding.

Christine

When I was little, my mom used to tell us that if you ate too much sugar, you will get worms in your heiney.

Paul - Worm-free and Proud

that eating raw noddles would give you worms in your stomach

ohdiesel

up until i was about 8, i refused to eat sugar puffs, or ever utter the phrase 'i want my honey!' because if i did i would turn into the Honey Monster. i gradually learned to turn off the tv when the sugar puffs adverts came on.

i was also terrified of worzel gummidge, and once stole a worzel gummidge book from my nursery class and put it in the bin in the girls' toilets.

and i thought dinosaurs lived in my bathroom.

unicorn

My Uncle told me that cooked carrots were poisonous. My sister and I wouldn't eat them into we got into junior high. We didn't want to die.

Chipper

When I was little my Uncle told me that if I ate to many sour cream and onion chips that I would get brain damage. He said there was a ingrediant in the chips but noone could link it to them yet. And I believed him.

Megan

My older sister told me that crisps that that dark mark/blemish on them were bad for "little boys" and ate them for my own safety. Bitch.

Ashley Power, UK

I used to believe that eating too many tomatoes could make you pregnant.

Mariah

I believd that if you ate popping candy and drank softdrink just afterwards your stomach would explode

Kat

I was told that darth vader sounded the way he did because he got a nut stuck in his throat whilst eating it.

I wouldn't touch nuts for years after being told that.

Max

When I was about 7 years old, I watched a show about atomic bombs. They mentioned that the destructive force was brought about by splitting atoms. For a long while after that show, I believed that there was a small chance that I could split an atom while doing something like cutting bread with a knife. I was always terrified that by cutting my jelly sandwich into halves, I may accidentally wipe my town off the map.

SMooSH

When I was 5, my grandfather told me that if I drank water, it would make my insides turn to rust. I didn't start drinking water regularly until very recently, and I'm almost 30.

Liz

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