Sticky-note confessions: New Yorkers share the strange lies they were told as children

Everyone thinks crazy things when they're young, but these gullible Gothamites prove kids will believe anything

Wednesday September 17 2014

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We were all told something untrue as kids, but these lies are truly outlandish. Click through to see the crazy stuff your fellow New Yorkers believed before they got old and cynical.

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