I used to believe that if you left a lightswitch inbetween fully on and fully off that the switch would shortly burst into a shower of sparks and flames, burning your house down.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- We told our little sister that she had a long bushy tail and she fully believed us for ages!!Anon
- I fully believed, up until about 6 years old, that the word 'accident' was a noun that meant 'burnt toast'.— Karl Goetz
- My father always told me that if I wore socks to bed I would grow hair inbetween my toes. Anon
- When i was younger i thaught that thunder came when two skies crashed and the ligthning was sparks— Rickard
- I used to believe that take a shower meant to go steal a shower from the storeAnon
- I used to think that toilets led to the shower head. That's why I never took a shower :D— scared