My uncle had convinced me when I was a child that he had a tv that you put quarters into in order to watch the shows (kind of like old style pay per view!!!)
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to believe an "Ego" was a kind of hair style, similar to a mullet.Anon
- i used to belive that pay-per-view was paper view.— matt b.
- When I was a child I used to believe that people died in order of age.— Silvia Spinetti
- My uncle convinced me that if you ate octopus, the suckers on the tentacles would suck your tongue out— Minnie
- I used to believe that if I poked my grandfather in the belly-button he would spit out quarters. — Justin
- When I was a child I used to believe that a camper was some kind of resort. — Patty