When I would stumble as a little kid, my grandfather would say, "Look out! You'll slip and rupture your gizzard!" I didn't realize until I was 14 years old that humans have teeth, don't swallow stones in order to grind raw grain, and therefore, don't NEED gizzards.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- Until I was around 8 or 9 years old, I thought dentists took your teeth out and replaced them with new teeth.— Verapamilo
- I used to wonder why people didn't use his first name when they spoke of McJagger of the Rolling Stones.— silly me
- When I was young, I used to wonder what if the animals turned into humans while the humans were away.— Kirk
- my mom told my sister and I that if you swallow gum, it won't leave ur stomach for 7 years.— Victoria
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha