Like others, I also reduced elements to water, and everything else. I thought all liquids had water, except mercury, and, strangely enough, milk. There was a milk mystique in my house.
A childhood belief about chemistry
others believed things like this
- When we were little my sister thought if you mixed cow’s milk and water you’d get goat’s milkAnon
- I used to believe all liquids were water-based with things added to it to make different kinds of liquids.Anon
- When I was little I used to believe that milk was white water.— Elvis
- i used to think the water tower was filled with milk— jen
- I used to believe that milk came from cows, so water came from horses. hahah— Melissa O'Connor
- that black women breastfed chocolate milk instead of white milkAnon