I used to believe (no laughing please), that ants got suntan if you reflected the light on it from a magnifying glass.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I thought that I could get a suntan if I stood really close to a fire for long enough.— Mat
- I used to believe that Marmite was made of ants...— Tam
- I used to think that the gas meter made antsAnon
- I used to believe that snakes don't have legs cause ants bit them of.— Lulzy
- my dad used to tell me that if I ate in bed that ants would come out at night and eat my eyeballs!— jeps
- My cousin used to believe the singers in the radio were ants....— EJH