A long time ago, newsreaders would be looking at the teleprompter, but every so often, they'd pretend to glance down
and read from a piece of paper. When they did that, it would look to me as if they had closed their eyes. I used to wonder why they were talking little naps during the news!
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to believe fax machines instantly teleported a piece of paper to who ever you wanted. Anon
- I used to believe that coin change could turn into actual paper money if you left it alone for a long time. — Marcus O
- When I was a kid I thought that the newsreaders on satellite TV lived in the satellites.— Mat
- I used to believe that when I closed my eyes, nobody could see me. — Jens
- I used to think if i closed my eyes noone could see meAnon
- My sister used to think that nobody could see her if she closed her eyes.— Dave