For 14 years of my life, I have believed that a Quail is in fact a whale. I could have sworn I learned this on the Discovery Channel. But, just recently I was informed that no, it is not a whale, but in fact a BIRD! What a conspiracy. :D
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe the whitewash on waves was actually whale pee.— Tessica
- I used to think that Shamu was my whale and that he just lived at Sea World and they took care of him for me.Anon
- I used to believe that black olives were made out of whale skin.— Troyson
- i used to think, when i was about 4 that i lived inside a whale because i live ion the country Wales— mike
- Whenever I saw a picture of a whale spouting water, I thought it was urinating.Anon
- I recently very disturbed to learn that Al Jolson was in fact Caucasian.Anon