When I was little, my mom always told me that if I kept my eyes crossed for too long, they'd stick that way. Now, I know this "belief" is a bit cliche, but I had NO idea that it wasn't true until a couple of months ago!! I'm now 13. I was so suprised!
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- I used to beleive if i crossed my eyes they'd stay like that.. haha— L Bennett
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- I used to believe that if you poked a cloud with a really long stick rain would come out.Anon
- Looking back at it, the belief that dogs eat cats is a pretty funny idea. I used to believe it myself.Anon
- I used to think that if you ate cat food you would die. I found out it wasn't true
— Bob#4 - When i was young i thought a stick shift was when u drive with a stickAnon