Around age 6 or 7, my little brother was absolutely convinced that spaghetti grew on trees, like a willow tree but spaghetti noodles. He was 9 before I convinced him otherwise by reading the ingredients on the box.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My older sister had me convinced that noodles grew on trees, but that rice was man-made...— Trusting little brother
- I used to believe that spaghetti grew on trees, based on a pasta commercial from the 70s.— Dianne
- I was told that spaghetti grew on trees and i anounced it in class one day in grammer school.— w.b.
- I used to think it was illegal to eat spaghetti if you were not Italian— Anthony
- That baked beans were made of pasta! Spaghetti is?!Anon
- MY SISTER TOLD ME THAT CANNED SPAGHETTI WERE REALLY WORMS THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SO CHEAP...I BELIEVED— CATHY