I used to believe that when you boiled an egg it went soft then hard and if you boiled it to long the yolk went soft again.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that tapioca was made from boiled used kleenex.— Abby
- I somehow got the idea that if I boiled a rock, it would come to life. My dad disproved that...Anon
- I used to believe brussel sprouts were holy because they had a cross marked in the top when mum boiled them!— Ali Brill
- You must break the bottom of egg shells after finishing a boiled egg or witches will use them for boatsAnon
- I didn't understand about boiled eggs until my Mum explained I wasn't supposed to eat the shell as well.— Chris
- i used to think that at night all of my teachers turned into my soft toys so they could keep and eye on me.— paranoid