We’ve all been there at one point — being nagged to sit further from the TV screen is a memory that many of us have as a kid. And it turns out, as long as we weren’t watching on a very old and specific TV, it wouldn’t have affected our eyesight at all anyway. This video from Discovery News debunks that old myth and more:

So the lesson here folks is that you can sit as close as you’d like, just remember to take breaks every now and then.

[via Laughing Squid]