>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. [zedoria](https://www.reddit.com/user/zedoriah) on [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/u1ili/what_did_school_teach_you_that_was_blatantly/?ref=search_posts)