when i was younger i read a book where someone slept with a calculator under thier pillow and it made them really good at maths. i took this sptory literally and for a few weeks i slept with books about everything i wanted to learn about under my pillow thinking the knowledge would jus jump into my head..it never did.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- when i was younger, i used to believe when i slept a other world was buildAnon
- I used to believe in Perez mause when my teeth fall, I put them under the pillow to see what happened— AyrtonZ01
- My sister used to sing Kylie's "cheese on my pillow", somehow tears works better.— Tom
- when I was little I believed that if I put a white stone under the pillow with my tooth I make more moneyAnon
- My nephew refuses to put his tooth under his pillow in case the fairy burns him with her wand.— Nina
- When I was younger, I believed that times tables in maths were kids sitting at tables staring at clocks!Anon