Years ago, when VCR's and Beta machines were newly available for household use, I remember going to video rental stores and seeing areas that had curtains over the entrance. I was told that there were poronographic movies there, and I thought they were filming them, not renting and selling them! (No, I didn't try to peek through the curtains, you pervert!)
A childhood belief about going shopping

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the actors in movies were all acting live behind those big curtains in the cinema.— Courtney
- I used to believe that the rays of sun coming through clouds were how God led newly dead souls into heaven.— Jenni
- When there was an advert for a "3 peice suite" i thought it was a shop selling 3 P Sweet's!!!— Kate Parker
- I thought if you point the video camera at the TV then both the video camera and the TV will explode.
Anon - When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- A friend believed that they used a tame shark during the filming of "Jaws".— Wendy