Whenever the weather person talked about the "wind chill factor" on the news, I always thought they said "windSHIELD factor." (hey, it DOES sound like it.) So for the longest time I thought someone was out there measuring how cold it got on their windshield as they were driving.
A childhood belief about weather

others believed things like this
- i was scared to fart outside in cold weather because i thought u would be able to see the steam.— xJeNneSceNcEx
- I thought that Samson and Solomon from the Bible were the same person for the longest time...— Laura G.
- This may sound absurd but I thought the numbers next to the Bible versus said what time the person said it at!— Biomeka
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- I thought weather forecasters were psychic and that's how they knew what the weather would be.Anon
- I thought that a person's motorskills meant how good they were at driving!Anon