http://www.iusedtobelieve.comA funny and bizarre collection of ideas that adults thought were true when they were children.en-us (c) Mat Connolley, www.iusedtobelieve.comhttp://www.iusedtobelieve.com/images/rss_image.gifhttp://www.iusedtobelieve.com12031A funny and bizarre collection of ideas that adults thought were true when they were children.http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/feeds/Welcome to the I Used To Believe Latest beliefs RSS feed! Here you can read all the latest beliefs as they appear on the site. For information on other great feeds you can get, visit www.iusedtobelieve.com/feeds/http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/make_believe/monsters/I used to believe there were such a thing as 'tree dragons' that lived in the woods. The dragons took the form of the branches and plants. Their eyes were invisible, but they were wise and old and watched humans to see if they were good or bad. - Submitted by AmandaThu, 21 Aug 2008 14:20:49 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/the_past/history/I used to believe that a long time ago, just like in old pictures, the world was black and white lool - Submitted by AnonThu, 21 Aug 2008 11:22:04 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/toilets/fear_of/I used to believe that if I didn't get out of the bathroom before the toilet stoped flushing, that a wicth would pop up, and stare at me untill I left the room. I dunnpo why. - Submitted by what was I thinking?Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:20:08 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/food/watermelons/I used to beleive that if you ate a black watermelon seed a tree would grow in your stomach - Submitted by anonymousThu, 21 Aug 2008 09:58:24 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/body_functions/special_powers/Ok I still belive this sometimes and I'm 14 now but since i was probably 4 or I've belived that the adults in my family could read anyones mind. And I thought that it was like our family secret (like off of sabrina the teenage witch) and i would learn how to do it when i got older. - Submitted by Waiting for the red pillThu, 21 Aug 2008 08:29:42 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/bad_habits/picking_my_nose/I used to think that boogers were pieces of your brain and contained things that you forgot and if you ate them you'd remember. - Submitted by shawneeThu, 21 Aug 2008 03:49:20 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/school/classes/My best friend used to believe there were leprachuns to dig up in the playground at recess - Submitted by deannaThu, 21 Aug 2008 00:19:54 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/media/tv/I used to think people didnt actually kiss on tv,i thought that the computer just made it look that way. - Submitted by deannaThu, 21 Aug 2008 00:17:29 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/make_believe/aliens/I used to believe when i turned my head my family went back to there alien forms and only looked human when i was looking at them - Submitted by deannaThu, 21 Aug 2008 00:15:08 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/food/drinks/once i was drinking aot of orange juice and my sister said i would get drunk if i had too much - Submitted by deannaThu, 21 Aug 2008 00:13:30 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/nature/outer_space/i used to think the moon followed me because i could always see it at night - Submitted by AnonThu, 21 Aug 2008 00:07:36 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/food/dangerous_food/i used to think mushrooms made you shrink - Submitted by deannaThu, 21 Aug 2008 00:06:15 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/grown_ups/getting_older/i didnt worry about learning to tie shoes because i thought once i hit a certain age i would automatically know how - Submitted by deannaThu, 21 Aug 2008 00:04:15 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/music/misheard_lyrics/Remember that song, "Love Potion # 9" "But when I kissed a cop down on 34th and Vine." I always thought (until I was like 19!!!) he said, "But when I kissed a cow and got it ready for a ride" - Submitted by ANJWed, 20 Aug 2008 17:13:02 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/body_functions/special_powers/I used to believe that if children weren't in bed by 7 o'clock, the wolf, the fox and the bear could come to your house and take you, even if you were hiding and/or your parents wanted to keep you. - Submitted by Cloud8Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:20:06 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/kids/im_different/in the day you were allowed to keep your dummy but at night a man called mr moonie came and took your dummy to children in austrailia, who needed it because it was their night time - Submitted by debbieWed, 20 Aug 2008 14:01:28 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/food/milk/Once my dad told me that the white at the bottom of my fingernails got bigger when I drank milk (calcium). So I told all my friends at school that the white was actually milk. - Submitted by KristinWed, 20 Aug 2008 13:59:06 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/at_home/around_the_house/when you sit by a fire it can dry up you bone marrow - Submitted by debbieWed, 20 Aug 2008 13:57:41 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/grown_ups/family/I used to think that everyone got their clothes from hand-me-downs. I always got my brothers old clothes so I hadn't even been to a clothing store until I was about 9 years old. - Submitted by AnonWed, 20 Aug 2008 12:59:22 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/food/milk/When I was little I used to believe that we got milk from dandelions instead of cows because of the milky stuff that is in their stems. - Submitted by JessWed, 20 Aug 2008 12:57:13 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/body_parts/general/My best friend in elementary school was black. One time on the bus, he must have eaten a peanutbutter and jelly sandwich, and got some jelly on his arm. He licked it off his arm, and I thought he'd cut himself and was sucking some blood off of where he got cut. I believed black people had jelly-like blood. - Submitted by AmaroqWed, 20 Aug 2008 10:19:18 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/media/tv/I remember watching a baseball game and thinking that if a foul ball hit the TV camera, a baseball would come through the TV in every household that was watching that game. It seemed like this would be a great way to distribute certain items (like food) around the world. - Submitted by JoeWed, 20 Aug 2008 10:15:10 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/transport/cars/When I was younger, I used to believe that all the cars traveling on the right side of the highway (where our car was traveling) just so happened to have only red headlights, and all the cars driving on the left side of the highway (oncoming traffic) just so happened to have only white headlights. - Submitted by LSWed, 20 Aug 2008 09:05:55 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/people/birthdays/I used to think that you could have your birthday any time you wanted, and that people just chose to have their birthdays once a year. I wanted to have my birthday once a day instead of once a year. Many mornings I would get up and announce to my family that today was my birthday. - Submitted by Craziness!Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:05:05 -0500http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/kids/toys/When I was 5 I thought that every time you cried because of a dream, the dream would come true. One night I had a dream that all of my toys were flushing themselves down the toilet--- and I cried. I thought that my toys would start going down the toilet, so every night I would make sure that the toilet seats and tops were down before bed. That went on until I was 7! - Submitted by Bad DreamerWed, 20 Aug 2008 08:57:32 -0500