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I heard that dinosaurs were under the ground, so every time I saw a hill, I thought that was where a dinosaur fell and grass just grew over it.
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My grandma had told me that if I lied around a dragonfly they would sew my lips together. I was always scared of dragonflies even if I wasn't lying.
My cousin used to think that the name for polar bears was 'snowlar' bears, because they lived in the snow.
I used to think guerrillas were the same as gorillas. Imagine how scared I was when I saw Planet of the apes as a kid.
When I was little my grandmother told me that if a thousand legged worm saw my teeth that they would all fall out. After I heard that every time I would see a thousand legged worm I would press my lips together and even talk with them curled over my teeth! Finally, they told me that it wasn't true but to this day (out of habit) I still cover my teeth when I see a thousand legged worm.
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My dad told me that Dalmation dogs were called 'Damnations', I really thought they were until I was about 9.
I used to believe that earwigs were ears that would crawl around and they wore a wig, I always ran away when my dad said there was an earwig because I didn't want to see it.
I alwaysused to think white cats were girls, and black cats were male ...
I was told by my Dad that mountain goats' right legs were shorter than their left legs so they could walk round and round the mountain, upright. I always believed this up until my teens and probably passed on this misinformation to many of my peers.
when i was younger i asked my cousin why the birds stood on the pilons and the power cables. he told me that they were charging their batteries so they could fly again.
it makes sense!
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I used to believe that a cat's butt hole was on the tip of his tail.
I lived in a small country village when I was a child. My best friend's uncle owned a local farm and we went to visit him. He showed us his newly born calves. When we returned home I told my mum that my friend's uncle Ted had shown us his bollocks.
on a family holiday we were travelling to an unfamiliar area that had a lot of farming. In the taxi ride from the airport my younger brother aged 2 pointed excitedly at some cows in a field 'look mummy! goats!'. I, the all-knowing 4 yr old corrected him immediately. 'Don't be silly Edward, they're not goats, they're catholics'. Apparently the taxi driver nearly drove off the road..shaking with laughter.
As I very small girl I used to believe that corned beef came from those cows with a pattern of ragged red-brown patches on their hides. That pattern rather resembling corned beef, I imagined the cows were simply sliced up, in some mysterious way which wouldn't hurt them.
I used to think that pack rats were a kind of rat that ran around together in packs (groups).
I used to believe I could speak with animmals!!! I used to believe he answer my...
Ten years ago, I used to believe that animals and human could make love and do "chromosome babies" : half animal and half human !
I never tried on my dog !!!!
I used to believe I could milk dogs like the cows. This was because I saw a nurse milk his cow.
When I was around 6 I was getting a lift home from my grandparents. My granny and one of her cats was at the window and I could have sworn the cat waved at me! I was 16 before they managed to convince me that it was my granny shaking the cat's paw. I was so disappointed.
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i used to belive that if you held a glowworm for too long u would glow. i was soooooo scared of glowworms....im still scared of them.