When I was a child - 9 thru 12 years of age, I believed if you ate after dark, with no one watching,food had no calories. At age 12 - weighing 268 pounds, I realized the calories were still there. Today I know better.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- Picking your nose and eating it. Hey! Tastes like chicken and only half the calories— Henry the Seventh
- I used to think that Root Beer was beer with less caloriesAnon
- When I was little i thought lb for pounds was pronounced lubs, and i called them that for 2 years. Anon
- I always believed as a child your stomach was a big hand which squeezed your food out through your bum....— amc
- My sister told me as a child that ravioli was 'hedgehog' meat.
Still can't eat it today.......— Sal Myers - I used to think that pounds were called lubs since they are notated as lbs..— Katie