The myth that carrots improve eyesight originated as WWII British propaganda

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Multiple reliable references confirm that the myth about carrots improving nighttime vision was popularized as British World War II propaganda to conceal the use of new radar technology.

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Wikipedia: Carrot

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Wikipedia: Carrot. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot

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britannica.com: One Good Fact about Carrots

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britannica.com: One Good Fact about Carrots. britannica.com. https://www.britannica.com/one-good-fact/what-vegetable-was-used-as-propaganda-in-world-war-ii

States explicitly that British propaganda helped popularize the myth during World War II to hide radar.

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The paper trail · every fact has a biography

first checked01 Aug 2026

judged → SUPPORTED · 7501 Aug 2026

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