I used to think there were little men in white coats that controled my body. Like they were these little guys running around in my brain and my eyes were these huge windows so they could look out of, and my arms and legs and other functions were controled by levers and buttons. I finally learned the truth in like 2nd grade when we learned about the human body.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the automatic tolets were controled by people who were looking at you through a camara. — jack irons
- I used to believe that a 'soul' was an organ of the human body, such as a kidney or lung. — Grace
- I used to think that "extra body" shampoo meant you could use the runoff suds to clean your body.— Christy
- I grew up believing meerkats have human hands because I learned about meerkats from The Lion King.Anon
- I learned in the first grade that the Sun was a star just like all the other stars, only it was MUCH bigger.— Geoff
- i used to believe that guys pulled out their outie belly buttons and that's how they peed.— Sky