I used to believe that the inside part of the banana was posonous, but fortunately the outside part was the antidote, so as long as you ate the whole thing, you'd be fine. I was told this by a microbiologist when I was 9 and believed him utterly.
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- when I was little my uncle told me he was part bear. I believed people could be part bear until I was twelve. — Audrey
- i once believed that foil in the chocolates are part of what we should eat.— angela
- When I was young, I believed that because my mother was born in New Mexico, that I was part Mexican.Anon
- My grandpa told me that edible part of the watermelon was blue until you cut them open. Anon
- I used to believe that in China, instead of Adam and Eve eating an apple? They believed it was a banana.— smartygirl
- i used to believe that tha if I had any body part stisking out of the bed it would get me— strait sleeper