I remember asking my dad once very seriously why people in the olden days walked faster. The old black and white silent films from way back when were always showing people moving faster...
A childhood belief about films

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the olden days were black and white when I was about 3 from seing old movies.— Sam
- i used to think that the faster you go in your car, the faster the car radio went.— Matt
- I remember thinking that non-English speakers were much smarter because they could speak "so much faster." Anon
- back in the days i thought the world was black and white like in the pictures— compaq
- I used to believe that old films were in black and white because thats how the world looked then.— JC
- i used to belive that before films were coloured the whole world was black and white— daniel phelps