>My father used to tell us ridiculous false information all the time. The catch was if we could catch one out and prove him wrong he'd give us a dollar. As we got older it would got a little less outrageous, but we'd still get that dollar if we could prove it. Looking back it was a good way to get us to think for ourselves.
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