When I was little, for a few years I used to marvel at the ways of the universe, such as the AMAZING coincidence that water boiled at exactly 100 degrees and froze at exactly 0 degrees. I just presumed it was natural, and it fascinated me.
A childhood belief about chemistry

others believed things like this
- i used to think that only men could get bachelors degrees. i thought women got bachelorettes degrees.Anon
- I used to believe that if you turned the thermastat temperature above 70 degrees that everything would melt.Anon
- I used to think it was an amazing coincidence that all my members of my family had the same name.— Raj
- I used to think it was a coincidence that judges all had the first name "Justice".— Katz
- I used to believe that tapioca was made from boiled used kleenex.— Abby
- I somehow got the idea that if I boiled a rock, it would come to life. My dad disproved that...Anon