Myths that you were told as kids...

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Aside from the superstitions of walking under a ladder, a black cat crossing your path, and stepping on a crack will cause your mother's back to break, I laugh now at some of the stuff I remember being told as a kid. What's scary is that some of the myths were told to me by adults!!


- If you swallow gum, it will stick to your lungs for nine years! (I remember after inadvertently swallowing a piece of gum, I envisioned that every time I breathed in, I was blowing a bubble in my lungs!!)
- Going outside with wet hair or without a hat/coat/scarf will make you sick.
- Squeezing zits will lead to cancer
- Wearing a tampon takes away your virginity
- Swimming after eating will give you cramps and you will drown
- Cracking knuckles causes arthritis

Anyone else have any good ones? Have any of you who are parents ever told their kids anything like this?