When I first heard the news about person jailed for assault and battery, I thought they were throwing batteries at someone and the victim's eyes got blind from battery acid.
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid I heard that the Beatles did acid and I wondered if they melted from it.Anon
- i used to think that if you were blind you had to have your eyes closed. Anon
- I used to think that if you closed your eyes, you convince others that you were blind.— katie B
- I used to believe that you were only classed as blind if you had your eyes closed.Anon
- I used to think that blind people always had their eyes closed.Anon
- When i was younger i used to believe people blind had no eyes.— Kenza