my cousin once told me that bubblegum was actually elephant snot and that's why you can't swallow it. it was a long time before i ate bubblegum ever again.
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid My friend’s mom told me if I swallowed my bubblegum it would make me fart bubblegum bubblesAnon
- when i was about 5 my sister told me that kiwis were elephant poop— kelli putnam
- My cousin's mom told my cousin that pop makes you short. He probably believed it.— Molly
- I believed that if you ate snot, it would poisen you. And you would die.— demonrachel
- When I was little, I used to believe that snot was brain juice.Anon
- I wanted to be an elephant when I grew up. — Vix