When I was around 6 I asked my mum what FBI stood for. She told me it was the Federal Investigational Bureau. I believed it was FIB for the next four years.
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- i used to believe (because my dad told me so) that AM stood for "awful music" and FM stood for "fine music"— skydvgrl
- I once asked my dad what Jesus' surname was, and he said it was 'Sinclair'.
I believed it for years!— Rebekah - My Grandmother once told me she could unscrew her feet. I believed that for years.— Andy Bettison
- I used to believe that gum was made outta pig fat becuase of what my dad told me. I believed him for years.— Maddy
- My father told me that Spam was a mix of sparrow and ham. I believed this for years lol— Tara the Terror
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward