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>Orange carrots are highly revered as “good for the eyes”

This is an interesting recursion of propaganda, it is quite well established in the historical records that this was in fact a cover that was released by the UK Govt to hide that they had RADAR and were using it to be more effective at defence

[0] https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/do-carrots-reall... [1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propagand...

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Yes, they have a whole page about it: http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/ww2seeinthedark.html

EDIT: Just to add, carrots are good for your eyes, but they don't help you see in the dark, which is what the specific propaganda campaign was about. However, one of the main focuses of the campaign was to increase consumption of carrots in the population to alleviate food supply shortages.

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