34 Funny Things People Convinced Others Of

Gullible people shall inherit the Earth, likely because being so easily tricked is a cursed existence that warrants some kind of recompense. But until that day comes, let’s have a little laugh at the those who actually believed the unbelievable — like the exchange student who convinced her freshman class that Australia doesn’t have clouds, or the person who convinced a friend that the Romans invented sleep. They’re legends in their own right. 

Other Redditors have laughingly recalled the gullible people they got one over on, and it’s a good thing none of them are in positions of power.