When we were young, my girlfriend Bonnie's father told us that if we held a hamster by the tail,
his eyes would fall out. We were appalled!!! It was years until we realized that hamsters have no
tails.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- For the longest time I believed New Hampshire was New Hamster and that was where all the hamsters came from. — Giny
- I used to believe that if you held a Guinea pig upside down, it's eyes would fall out.— james
- My mom used to tell me that animals with red eyes were sick....rabbits, hamsters, ect....— Umm...
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- when i was young i was told that if i played with or turned my belly button that my bum would fall off — lee hull
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne