For no readily apparent reason I used to think the history of the world was in my great-grandads long beard.
Really!
A childhood belief about history

others believed things like this
- When i was young about 5 i used to think god was a donkey with a long beard!Anon
- My uncle harry has a very long beard and a hariy face. I used to think he was a wizard.Anon
- I used to think that the word Great was added to Britain because they won the Second World War.— Age
- I used to think that the priest at church was JESUS.
He had a beard.... it made sense— Joe B - I used to believe that "the motorway" was one big long road that went absolutely anywhere in the world!!!Anon
- I used to believe that a long time ago, just like in old pictures, the world was black and white loolAnon