I saw a headline in the news paper that read, "Mixing alcohol and gasoline is explosive." So my friend and I got some gas and rubbing alcohol and tried to get it to explode by mixing it together. Luckly we didn't try lighting a match.
A childhood belief about chemistry

others believed things like this
- I thought you could get toffee from mixing tea and coffee.Anon
- I used to belive that it was Illeagal to drink ANY beverage while driving, not just alcohol.— Emma*
- I actually asked my mother if mixing girls' poop and boys' poop would cause an explosion.— kraine
- when my friend was little, she used to eat paper, thinking it would make her read better.— hehehe
- I used to beleive that gasoline was made from dinosaurs.Anon
- I used to believe that rocket ran on gasoline and that in order to save gas, we should end the space program.Anon