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A childhood belief about physics

I used to believe that if the lift cable snapped and I jumped in the air just before hitting the ground I would escape serious harm. My children asked why I had curly hair. I told them I was an African. They asked why I wasn't black. I told them my mother used to keep me indoors to protect me from the sun. They believed me.

— Brian Lockett

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