I used to take Ritalin when I was little. It was nasty stuff. Then I saw my first Pillsbury commercial. Because of the first five letters in the name, I though Pillsbury products contained actual pills.
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that people who were lactose intolerant could not consume ANY dairy products AT ALL. — Marideth
- I used to believe thato to adopt a child you had to collect points from supermarket products...— Linda
- Rain contained snail eggs...mmmm— klaus
- I thought that serial killers had serial numbers like products did so the cops could identify them easier. — C
- I used to believe 'three bean salad' was an extremely small entree because it contained only three beans.— queeneve
- We were told at school by the evil dinner ladies that apple pips contained arsenic.....Anon