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!
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.
when i was a child,i used to believe that Santa claus drove a car and all the presents were in the boot
When I was little I use to belief that if we swallowed the pit of a fruit, a tree would grow inside us.
When I was little, I used to believe that airplanes took off like rockets.
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.
When I was young , I used to believe that all there was only one continent on Earth
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.
When I was young, I used to believe the Mickey Mouse mascot at Disneyland was a real mouse, just a really huge one
When i was young I used to believe if I ate ham fat I was going to inflate like a balloon
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.
In a race if you finish several laps down you have to make up for it afterwards
I thought that exclamation marks were actually "explanation marks", since they explain how you pronounce it.
I used to believe that boarding school was where people went to play board games.
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?
I used to think that Rain Man had something to do with Singin' in the Rain.
I used to believe that Job in the Bible had something to do with Steve Jobs.
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.
I used to believe that Vegas and Las Vegas were two different cities.
I used to think a second cousin meant a cousin’s cousin.
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