TIL The idea that eating carrots helps you see in the dark was a lie invented by the British Airforce in WW2, in order to explain how British air raids were so successful in the dark without tipping the Germans off on the existence of radar.

TIL The idea that eating carrots helps you see in the dark was a lie invented by the British Airforce in WW2, in order to explain how British air raids were so successful in the dark without tipping the Germans off on the existence of radar. https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/do-carrots-really-help-you-see-in-the-dark/ AceManCometh November 29, 2018 at 03:45PM