When I was a child I believed that when people said California would fall into the ocean with the next bit earthquake, that the whole state would break off from the rest of the U.S. and sink.
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that California was my house, not the state I lived in.— Katie
- I used to believe that when there was an earthquake, rocks would fall from the sky.— Nai
- I thought the song Hotel California by the Eagles said "Welcome to Oakdale California— JewLea
- I believed that the yellowish foam by the ocean was dolphin pee because my dad told me Anon
- I used to think that the song "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" was really "My Body Lies Over the Ocean."Anon
- I used to believe that if you touched Chinese people, they would break.— Christian