When i was younger, i used to think that you had to eat tooth paste, not spit it out after, as i thought the tooth paste got digested and the nutrients went to your teeth.
A childhood belief about eating

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the tooth fairy puts you in a deep sleep before stealing your tooth/teeth.Anon
- I used to believe that in the tooth fairy took all your teeth and built a tooth city for her to live in!Anon
- I used to think cut and paste meant there were scissors and glue inside the computer!Anon
- when i was a child i used to believe if i put my tooth under the bed the tooth fairy would give me money— milena
- My mother told me that the tooth fairy would only come if I brushed my teeth.— Dale
- As a child I was taught that the tooth fairy would buy our teeth so she could add them to her crown.— Lola