When I was a kid, I had railroad tracks running though my backyard. When I'd walk back there, I'd find little pieces of coal. From science class, I knew that if you put enough pressure on coal, it would turn into diamonds. I put so many pieces of coal on the tracks, but I never did find any diamonds...
A childhood belief about chemistry
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that coal from stockings was santa's poop because i was bad— dylan mcdonald
- My mom would tell me to stay off the railroad tracks because the trains were silent and super fast.— Roger
- I thought snow had diamonds in it because it sparkles when the sun hits it.— Giselle
- i used to believe that if you put a penny on a train tracks that it would derail it — ROSS
- For some reason, I used to believe that women only got raped on train tracks.
— Jessica Tinch - i used to believe that the "fast lane" actually had some sort of tracks on it that made you go faster.— erin