Until I was about 12 years old, I use to think that the reason old people were hard of hearing because they had hair growing out of their ears. I thought the hairs coming out made it harder to hear things.
A childhood belief about hair

others believed things like this
- When I was little, I thought that birds feathers were made out of twigs and cat hairs.— Lily
- I used to believe that nose hairs were the other end of hairs on top of your head.— Walker
- When i was about 5 years old, i used to believe that everything i thought people could hear!Anon
- I used to belive that if I put my finges in my ears when i sang noone could hear me— Helen
- When I was younger, I used to believe if i covered my ears before I farted no one else would hear it.— Lime
- For some reason until I was about 10 I used to believe that the dentist pierced your ears.— Kendall.XxX