I used to believe that when the world turned it went over and under instead of around they way it does, and I thought that when it turned upside down, everyone would fall off. Of course I hadn't realized that if that were to happen, none of us would be here, nor would I have been there then.
A childhood belief about physics

others believed things like this
- when i was young i was told that if i played with or turned my belly button that my bum would fall off — lee hull
- I used to believe that if you held a Guinea pig upside down, it's eyes would fall out.— james
- That boys turned into women when they became adults and girls turned into men when they became adults. Anon
- The first time I saw fog, I thought the air had turned sour.— jamby
- I used to be terrified of the numbers 18 and 19. I think I thought that when you turned 18 or 19, you die.— Emmy
- When I was six I thought that when all puppies grew up they turned into golden labradors. — Marieka