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Always thought until I was 6 that you milked a cow by pumping it's tail up and down. Saw a toy one and that's how it worked.Still remember how hurt I felt by laughter when I mentioned this first time I saw a cow being milked. That was 48 years ago

Liz

I used to believe that monkeys were related to fish as they both have mouths!

Quako

My brothers kept me from playing with them in the creek near our house by telling me there were creatures called "synthets" there, and that they ate little girls. They proved their existence by showing me a coat of our mother's with a label saying, "Made from synthetic fur."

Ali

When i was little, i used to believe that animals weren't killed to make fur coats. That the animals were just running around naked having either been shaved or gave it up, you know like in the cartoons. That was until my brother decide to tell me otherwise and show me proof.

Anon

A few years ago when my cousin was very young, my uncle read her a bedtime story and the book featured barnyard animals. I heard him say to her "look Katie, that's a cow. Cows make milk. Cows in Alaska make ice cream!" She is 13 now, and she still believes that ice cream comes from cows in Alaska.

Amy

When I was 4, my mom told me a story about the time a goat took a bite out of one of her dresses that was hanging out to dry. I took this to mean that goats loved eating clothes, and if I went near them they would surround me and eat all of the clothes I was wearing. I was terrified of petting zoos for years.

Anon

my dad told me that mountain sheep had legs shorter on one side so they could stand on slopes, but this meant if they turned around and tried to walk the other way, they fell over. i believed him

finda

My dad once told me that the giant rolled-up hay bales that we would pass as we drove through the countryside were elephant poop. I believed that until I went on a 7th grade trip to the zoo.

kelsey

I was told as a child that, if I opened the door of our mini van while it was driving, squirrels would get in. This caused me to slide open the door while on the highway. I thought it would be nice to have a squirrel visit.

Anon

I used to believe that brown cows made chocolate milk

Simone

When I was little, I used to believe the cause of earthquakes were Gorillas and Monkeys standing on my rooftop shaking the house, kinda like King Kong. After the big '94 earthquake that took place in Northridge, California, I ran out my house looking for the monkeys, but was very disappointing when I couldn't find any. It wasn't until years later when I learned about science and seismic waves that I understood the real cause of earthquakes.

Taleen Michelle

When the first MacDonnalds opened in Athens, Greece I was soooo excited!! I kept nagging my mum to go! She just couldn't understand why...until I asked if they had all the animals the song listed and how they would all fit in a building.....The song was obviously "Old McDonnald had a farm" ...bummer

Rhea

When I was very small, I over-heard an adult conversation. My next door neighbour was crying and told my mum 'it was burglars..they came last night'
I believed for a long time that a burglar (beargular) was a real bear that wore black.
I never read Goldilocks again, didn't want my mum to buy porridge, and I suffered a recurring nightmare for a long time about three bears wearing black coming in to my bedroom looking for porridge.

Joolz

when i was about 4 years old i saw cows mating and announced, "look! that cow is giving the other cow a piggy-back ride." my uncle calmly said, "no, those cows are playing leap-frog."

pamela galindo

I used to believe that fish fingers (fish sticks) actually swam in the sea. When I was 5 at school we had to paint a picture of creatures under the sea and I painted fish fingers. My teacher held up my painting and embarrassed me in f4ront of my whole class. She thought I did it on purpose but I must have actually believed they swam in the sea!

Jane

When I was about nine, I saw a TV soap with a man talking about a Haggis on it (I'm British). I asked my mum what a Haggis was and she said it was a small furry creature with three eyes and six feet that lived in Scotland. When I went on holiday to Scotland later in the year, I came back crying because I had seen a sign in a butcher's shop that said "Fresh Haggis Sold Here; The Most Delicious In The UK!".

Hannah

from the nursessy rhyme baa baa black sheep i somehow got the idea that as white wool came from white sheep and there were black sheep so black wool came from them that there was sheep of every colour from which we got every colour of wool. When i went to a farm on a school trip i excitedly asked the farmer if he had a pink sheep.

Alee

Turtles can fly. I believed it for ages.

My turtle got lost or probably died and I was told it flew away.

Anon

I used to like to take my shoes off in restaurants when I was a kid so my parents made up creatures called restaurant turtles that blended in with the carpet of the restaurant but would jump up and bite your toes if you weren't wearing shoes. I believed them for a pretty long time.

Paul

I used to believe that sharks lived under the pools where the air vents were.

Carol