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i used to believe - the childhood beliefs site

I Used To Believe is a funny and bizarre collection of ideas that adults thought were true when they were children. It will remind you what it was like to be a child, fascinated and horrified by the world in equal parts. The following pages will reassure you that the things you used to believe weren't so strange after all...

You can add your own to the site. If you think your beliefs were strange, check out our most common beliefs and discover that you're not alone!

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I thought that camouflage was actually "camelflage", and had something to do with camels!

Demond (from language : speaking)
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Up until I was like 14 or so, I thought that everyone thought in English, even if they spoke other languages. I just couldn't wrap my mind around the idea of thinking in another language.

Anon (from language : foreign languages)
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when i was a child,i used to believe that Santa claus drove a car and all the presents were in the boot

narration (from make-believe : father christmas)
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When I was little I use to belief that if we swallowed the pit of a fruit, a tree would grow inside us.

Maya (from food : seeds)
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When I was little, I used to believe that airplanes took off like rockets.

Edene (from transport : aeroplanes)
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When I was little, I thought my father had been attacked by a shark because he had scars, but in fact, he just had surgery.

Elolo2tableaux (from body parts : general)
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When I was young , I used to believe that all there was only one continent on Earth

M.R (from the world : places)
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I used to believe that every food like cakes or pizzas had to be hunted and killed to be eaten, I fought that everything we used to be alive.

Edouard (from food : general)
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When I was young, I used to believe the Mickey Mouse mascot at Disneyland was a real mouse, just a really huge one

Curry (from animals : general)
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When i was young I used to believe if I ate ham fat I was going to inflate like a balloon

a guy (from food : general)
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When I was a child, I used to believe that money was free from the ATMs and that you could have as much as you wanted.

english classroom (from the world : money)
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In a race if you finish several laps down you have to make up for it afterwards

Anon (from the world : sport)
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I thought that exclamation marks were actually "explanation marks", since they explain how you pronounce it.

superoid (from language : speaking)
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I used to believe that boarding school was where people went to play board games.

Anon (from school : classes)
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I used to think that 'sell by' meant that not the store, but the consumer was supposed to sell the product before it expired.
Who wants to buy my half - drunk milk?

Benjamin (from food : milk)
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I used to think that Rain Man had something to do with Singin' in the Rain.

Anon (from media : films)
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I used to believe that Job in the Bible had something to do with Steve Jobs.

Anon (from religion : characters)
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I used to believe that hotel lifts had secret passages that would have led
You to the beach, if you were staying there in Summer.

Anon (from neighbourhood : excursions)
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I used to believe that Vegas and Las Vegas were two different cities.

Noel (from the world : places)
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I used to think a second cousin meant a cousin’s cousin.

Carlos Almonacid (from grown-ups : family)
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