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If you ever thought any of the following, then you're not alone! These are some of the most common themes submitted to the site. Click on a belief to see more examples

All music on radio stations are performed live by the band in the studio
Anon is a person's name
Bloody Mary
Brides become pregnant at the wedding
Car signals tell you where to drive
Cats and dogs are the same species
Cheques (checks) and cash from the ATM are free money
Chocolate milk comes from brown cows
Chucky from Child's Play was real
Condom is short for condominium
Dragonflies sew your lips shut
Drinking and driving applies to all drinks
Earwigs crawl into your ears
Eating crusts makes your hair curly
Euthanasia is youth in Asia
Everyone except you is a robot
Factories make clouds
Firemen start fires.
Getting fired means being set on fire.
Girls don't fart
Guerrilla fighters are really gorillas
Gunpoint is a place where lots of crime happens
Ice cream vans only play music when they've run out of ice cream
If you don't hold your breath as you pass a cemetery you will die or become possessed.
If you eat Gushers your head turns into a fruit
If you pick your nose your brain will fall out or cave in
If you play with your belly button your bottom will fall off
If you swallow a seed a plant will grow inside you.
If you swallow chewing gum you will die
In the alphabet, L-M-N-O-P is one letter, pronounced elemenopee
Miami is "My Ami"
Mirrors are windows to other worlds
Oral sex is talking about sex
Parents have eyes in the back of their heads.
People killed in films or on TV die in real life.
People on TV can see what you're doing
People on TV shows live inside the television
Quarter of an hour is 25 minutes
Salt cools food down, pepper warms it up
Serial killers are actually cereal killers
Teachers live at school
The crescent moon is God's nail clipping
The moon follows you
The person whose birthday is earliest in the year is oldest
The priest holding the services is God
The song "Bad Moon On The Rise" is actually "bathroom on the right"
The world was black and white before colour photographs and colour TV
There are monsters living under your bed
Thunder is the sound of God bowling
Toys come alive at night when you're asleep
Traffic lights are operated by creatures who live inside them
Trees make the wind blow
Wee turns a different colour in swimming pools
You can be literally anything you want - animal, vegetable or mineral
You can catch a bird by putting salt on its tail
You can get pregnant from kissing
You can get sucked down the plughole
You must marry someone with the same surname as you.
Your life is like the Truman Show