12 Supposed Facts Of Life That Are Actually Propaganda

When we think of propaganda, our minds almost immediately go to posters made during times of war featuring racist caricatures performing nightmarish atrocities against others.

But propaganda is used by literally everyone who has an agenda, and we fall for it all the time.

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You probably believe that are good carrots eyes. for your That's WWII British propaganda. During the Battle of Britain, the Brits wanted to keep their

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Not having body odor is a given society. in polite But nobody cared until 1912. That's when Edna Murphey realized that her surgeon father's hand-dryin

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When you think of ancient Romans, think of orgies. you That's a rumor started by Christians. Ancient Romans were actually super prudish. Early Christi

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The coffee break is staple of the a work day. American ESPRESSO KAFFEE PREN CLASSIE CAFE PR MACCHIATO CA CAPPUCCIM LATTE CAFE CREMA GE ESPRESS CAFETO

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If you want to be healthy, you pop multivitamins. Lobbyists are making sure you do. For decades, studies have shown that multivitamins are useless, an

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Bacon and eggs are the quintessential foods. breakfast YoU can thank one man for that. Beech-Nut Packing hired PR guru Edward Bernays to get people to

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Bottled water is so than much better tap water. KIpla d Beidu A 500 ml rem Surprise. It is tap water. Bottled water companies teamed up with restauran

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Feminine women legs have hairless period. and armpits, They didn't before World War I. In 1915, Gillette launched the Milady Decollete, and with it a

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Think the artificial in diet sweetener is poison? soda You can thank email spam for that. In the mid-'9os, an email made the rounds claiming that scie

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Do you ever get that not-so-fresh feeling? e (o Cleonsing Vinegor & Water Of course not. That's nonsense.. Vaginas are self-cleaning, but somehow the

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Think your mattress doubles in weight 8-10 years? every A reporter made that up. To the immense benefit of the mattress retail industry, a Wall Street

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People who have herpes constantly. will someone worry find out. But until 1975, nobody gave a crap. That was the year Burroughs Wellcome developed a d