My dad was (and still is) an amateur astronomer. He told me about how we were all made of the same matter as stars. Me being about five at the time, I ran around looking to see if I could find "stardust" in things. I swear I saw some in a brick one time...
A childhood belief about outer space

others believed things like this
- i could swear eleventeen was a number for the longest time -- it still sounds pretty convincing.— erin
- I used to believe that the twinkling of the stars made the sounds that crickets made.Anon
- I used to believe that the sound of crickets at night was the noise the stars made when they sparkled. — Jane
- when i was was little i thought that pop stars were stars in space would pop— roman honytoast
- I used to think stars were really shaped like you draw stars!Anon
- For the longest time I didn't know that Spinal Tap wasn't a real group. No wonder I couldn't find their music.— Louis