I used to think that the waterfalls from the mountains above where I lived were from trolls standing on the edge of the mountains peeing. There were tiny ones from the children trolls,but also real giants were peeing high above me.

astrid

I used to believe that when there was more than one reservoir, one was for collecting hot water and the other stored cold!

Helen

I used to believe that the waves in the ocean were made from whales swimming by...

Tina

When I was about 7 years old I had asked my mother why the water in water coolers was cold. She told me it was spring water, and spring water is cold naturally. As I grew up I found out it is because of a cooling compressor in the water cooler. But my Mom stills thinks she is right.

Jay

When I was about 8 or 9 I asked my father why I couldn't drink sea water. "Because it is salty", he replied. To which I, as any child of my age would do, asked "why is the sea salty?".
His answer was as follows: "The sea is salty because there was a giant who was way out at sea having dinner when he knocked the salt off his table into the sea, and made the sea salty."
To me, this made perfect sence as a child, and of course satisified my insatiable curiosity.
When I was at school I, intent on demonstrating my new found knowledge, proudly told the other children why the sea was salty, and much to my dismay they laughed at me.....but, I was still positive for a few years later that there was a giant out there waiting for his dessert.

Quentin

When I was about five years old, I've asked my dad why is the sea so salty. He told me it's because a huge tanker full of salt turned over in the water. I believed that :-)

Matija

when I was young, I used to believe that if I jumped into a deep puddle, I would jump all the way down to Australia...I think it was mum's way of deterring me from jumping in the puddles in the first place :D

Anon

I used to believe that helicopters dropped salt in the ocean to make it salt.
(I also believe my father had something to do with this...)

Anon

when I was a child I thougt taht sea waves are the result of whales swimming

waleed bokhari

I used to believe that you could walk on the swell that was left behind boats, being a coastguard ops assistant I doubt I'll try it now!

SC

I used to believe that whenever i stood under a waterfall a tiger would swoop down and carry me off with it. Havent yet convinced myself it doesnt really happen :)

Andy

I used to beleive when I was younger that the reason the water did'nt fall out of the oceans when the earth "turned" was because all of the oceans were covered in seran wrap, but it was a sepical kind that only you could see from space, so thats why you could still go swimming.

Viki

Living on the Somerset coast, we can see the south coast of Wales. I used to believe when the tide went out it was in over in Wales. I was always jealous as they seemed to have it much more often than us...

Anon

My dad used to tell me and my sisters that there was a giant plughole in the harbour, and that there was no water there at certain times of day because someone had pulled the plug out. ...For years I looked for that plug every time we drove past!

CT

I used to beleive water could catch fire, this happened after i saw the news and heard somekids had burnt a homeless man by throwing liquid over him and settingit alight, i became scared of baths!

Anon

Until very recently, I believed that waterwheels on the sides of mills were there to move the water along in the river.

I am 44.

Carla

I used to think that oil drops on wet road were rainbows drops that have fallen to earth

Anon

When I was little I used to think that the salt water in the ocean was sand water with no salt. I used to think that people called it salt water because the sand looked like salt.

Tyler

when i was about ten i thought a city was under the lake by my house and people who could breathe under water lived there and they were smarter until my sister said i was stupid and fish that could talk lived under the water and eat little boys and i couldn't swim in that lake until i was thirteen

mrorangebritt

I used to think that mud puddle water would taste like chocolate milk. That's what my big sister told me. She also made me get down on my hands and knees and try it. Shock and disillusionment...and a gritty aftertaste!

Lyn