i used to think that if you were underwater or couldn't breathe through your mouth or nose you could breathe through your bottom!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- You couldn't have your belly button covered for too long or it would be harder for you to breathe.— Jess
- i used to belive that children had to be taught how to breathe.— Dave
- when i was 4 i believed i could breathe under water, one day i decided to try it and woke up in the hospital!Anon
- I still hold my breath when I pass by cemetaries because it is impolite to breathe when other people can't.— Crystal
- I used to believe that the "shark mouth" nose art painted on military planes was to scare enemy pilots away.Anon
- i used to believe that pools had underwater doors that sharks were going to swim out of.— marky