i used to believe that everyone saw with either their left or their right eye, not both. Then i found out I was born blind in my left eye.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when you ate a tic-tac it tumbled down to your left big toe— tady wady
- The sea was there because I left a tap dripping all night.— wolfie
- I used to think that if you left the taps on for too long the sea would run out.— fletch
- i used to think teachers lived in the classrooms b/c they were there before you came and after you left.— josieg
- when I was a kid I used to believe if I left the shoe facing the person would die— milena
- I used to believe that you could not make the car turn left or right without turning the blinker on.— Christy Shane