When I was a little girl living in Washington State, we would somtimes drive past the Hanford Atomic Works in Eastern Washington. This was during the height of the Cold War, and there was lots of information floating around about the dangers of atomic radiation.
I was so scared that I used to hold my breath for as long as possible whenever we passed through the Hanford area. I thought that if I didn't inhale, the radiation coudln't "get" me.
A childhood belief about chemistry
others believed things like this
- When I was little I thought that Washington( D.C. )was in Washington state. Anon
- I used to believe that the lower level of the George Washington Bridge in NYC was named Martha Washington— Shayne
- I used to believe that China was attached to the United States somewhere up near Washington state.Anon
- I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic
- I held my breath near cemeteries because I thought it would be rude to inhale spirits. Anon
- If you hold your breath and make a wish under a highway tunnel it will come true....I still hold my breath :)— aj