I used to think "brunette" meant a woman with BLACK hair. Only when I was about 30 years old did I realize it meant brown hair.
A childhood belief about hair

others believed things like this
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- I used to think that bleaching your hair meant washing your hair with toilet bleach.Anon
- I used to think that everybody's hair was black and if you had blond hair, you dyed your hair.— ~_~CoolKid93_~_
- I used to think that "tease your hair" meant make fun of itAnon
- I used to hold my hand over my hair whenever i left the house and it was windy incase my hair blew away— lisa
- I used to believe that you could curl your hair by twirling a strand of hair wrapped around your finger— Anonymous