My brother once told me that the world would become so polluted that one day it would explode.
Shortly afterwards I overheard a news report on the television about NASA revealing more "evidence in support of the Big Bang Theory".
For several days I was absolutely terrified.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I thought when the Big Bang happened it made an actual bang noise— Catte
- When I was 7 my brother told me that when the space of the computer runs out it will explode.— Sam
- My brother once told me that if you burp and fart at the same time, you'd explode— Aubrey
- That the "Childcatcher" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang would come up the toilet + catch me while I was on it.— Kat
- I used to believe that "the motorway" was one big long road that went absolutely anywhere in the world!!!Anon
- When I was 6 or 7 years old, I absolutely believed that if a thermometer broke--the world would end. — Suzi