Someone in my family told me that old peoples wrinkles on their hands were due to getting them caught in the hand rails on early escalators. I still almost believe it now.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- i used to believe escalators would eat me.Anon
- I used to believe that the wrinkles on my dad's forehead were his feelings.— Suzy
- I used to think wrinkles came about because people just grew too much skin.Anon
- I used to think when someone had wrinkles on their forehead, it meant they had a headacheAnon
- Not me, but my cousin used to think wrinkle cream gave you wrinkles.Anon
- I once asked my mom if my grandma got wrinkles on her wrinkels when she bathed. Go figure....— Kitty