I used to think than when it got slightly darker because the sun was hidden by clouds it was actually because the sun was on the other side of the planet and that once it got bright again it had come back.
A childhood belief about outer space

others believed things like this
- When I was younger I used to believe that the darker your skin was, the dark your shadow would be.— Mary S.
- I used to believe that when it would be raining the white clouds lost to the dark clouds.— janet
- I was told that if you sleep on your back you swallow your tongue...I have been sleeping on my side ever since— scotty la
- I used to believe that every single slightly round stone r pebble was a fossilised dinosaur egg.— Dino Hunter
- When I was a kid, I used to believe a nuclear plant was a clouds plant and could make magic clouds.— Tommy
- I used to believe there was a secret door to the gremlin world hidden under my bed— Mel