I used to believe that if me and a car pushed against each other at a dead stop, I could win. I figured this so because when I saw the car's torque was for example, 146lbs/ft, if my added total weight I could lift with my arms plus legs was greater than the cars torque, I'd surely win.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I thought it was impossible for anyone to lift more than their own body weight. Just seemed to make sense..— Xenomorph
- When I was young, I used to belive that
if you pushed the stop button in the bus it would stop for good.— Tom (Norway) - I used to beleive that all pains were headaches. So for example, I had headaches in my stomach, legs and arms.— James
- I thought the no overtaking sign meant that red cars cannot drive by black cars.— Helen
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- I thought small cars grew up to become big cars— carhugger