A WWII Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth That Carrots Help You See in the Dark
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When radar was still classified, Brits claimed they could see the planes because they are a lot of carrots.
It didn't fool the axis, but civilians in Britain kind of believed it.
It's hard to tell, they're always saying something with a wink and a nod.
They might not have known what radar was, but they knew no amount of carrots made that big of difference, it's not like the English had never ate carrots before.
"Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss."
-British Intelligence officer circa 1944
Like half of war propaganda can be reduced to this.
Next time the IS is at war all the tiktok girlies are going to be an invaluable asset
I didn't know Islamic State had a big population of tiktokkers
My favorite thing to come from this myth is this Bill Plympton short:
that man is a national treasure.
Haha, people were soooo gullible back then.
Haha I know right? Nobody today would ever fall for propaganda like this given we hold the entirety of human knowledge in our pockets.
All you gotta do is pull up the data from a trustworthy source.... like Xtwitter or Facebook.
As long as they're not using Wikipedia! Completely unreliable; check out their garbage page on [at this point you see that I'm just delusional].
Brb. Going out for blueberries
Carrots will turn you orange though.
Yeah it was in an episode of the Magic School Bus and everything!
Violet, you’re turning violet!
Violent, you're turning violent
Carrots don't even have Vitamin A in the proper form. They have vitamin A precursors that your body can use to make vitamin A. If you want actual vitamin A you find it in liver
*Downvoted by what I'm guessing are vegans.
Downvoting because you use the comment to hate on vegans lol.
Not the comment, nor using. I'm commenting on the downvotes and trying to figure out the cause.
And I am downvoting youe edited comment :D
"uhm it's ackshully provitamin A in carrots, you need to inject retinol to get the ackshul vitamin A 🤓"
Found the vegan. He has to mock nutrition.
I eat primarily meat, but it's wrong to say you're going to have a vitamin A deficiency just because you eat provitamin A instead of retinol.
Well, let's face it... the Brits were really good at spreading this kind of propaganda - people in my own family bought into this "carrots help your night vision" stuff even back in the 80s.
I mean, if Biritsh propagandists are to be believed you'd think they were the only people on the planet to ever think of building an airplane out of wood...
I knew this to be true and still told my kid to eat their carrots for better night vision, because it made them eat their carrots. We do what we must in the trenches.
I just tell them the carrots will make them big and powerful. Which is technically true for all healthy food.
Just the way grues like it.