‘What is the most successful lie in history?’ – 19 times we all had the wool pulled over our eyes

11.

‘During WW2 the British put faked documents on a corpse and dropped the body in the waters to be found by the Axis. It detailed an attack that never happened.

‘Here’s the best part. The plans for D-Day were found in a similar manner. The actual plans. But they were ignored cause the nazi leaders thought it was just another ruse.’
Happy-Personality-23

12.

‘Just get good marks in high school. Once you go to a top tier college, your life is practically set and sorted.’
from_my_future

13.

‘There are hot singles in my area.’
Tacolife973

14.

‘That diamonds are valuable.’
SuvenPan

15.

‘God wants you to give money to the church.’
Tox_Ioiad

16.

“If you work hard you’ll be rich”
NecessaryAd4587

17.

“Fat will make you fat. Eating that full of sugar premade meal won’t.”
Rhaenelys

18.

‘Trickle down economics.’
DragonfruitVisible18

19.
‘We send the EU £350 million a week, let’s fund our NHS instead.’
no_cause_munchkin

Nah, no-one’s stupid enough to believe that last one.

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