For some reason, cows all seem to face the same way when standing in a field (honest - you look!). I used to believe that this was because they all pointed to magnetic north. Odd child...
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that north was always straight ahead. I could never face south, but I knew it was behind me!— Bruces
- I used to believe, as a child, that horses were male cows.— Martin Taylor
- When I was a child I used to believe that cows gave ready butter.— Bane
- As a child I always wondered why I could see everyone else's face and not mine.— Amit
- When I was a child I used to believe that doctors wore those face masks incase they threw up.— Nicole
- The old classic by the Go-Go's "Our Lips are Sealed" I used to think they said "honest I see you"— Euge