When I was little, my dad was reading the ingredients list of a Dr Pepper to my brother, when he got to where it said "phosphoric acid", I got scared and thought there was acid in Dr Pepper. I stopped drinking it for years, because I believed it would melt your stomach.
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- I believed Dr. Pepper was pepper-flavored medicine and was afraid to drink it.Anon
- I used to believe that Dr. Pepper actually tastes like Black pepper. I'm still afraid to try it.Anon
- When I was a kid I heard that the Beatles did acid and I wondered if they melted from it.Anon
- i used to think tha if you went outside when it was acid raining the rain would burn holes in your skin— fear of rain
- I used to think that if someone gave you acid, you could completely counter the effects by taking an antacid.— abracadaver
- I thought that Dr. Pepper was made out of hot peppers.Anon