When I was about 5, my older brother told me that Kiwi fruits were actually cute little animals that were curled up tight like a hedgehog.
When we went to the grocer a while later, I managed to get a hold of a kiwi and tried to pry it open so that I could play with it.
Needless to say, it just broke open...but I was absolutey horrified! I started screaming and shreiking and causing a huge rukus. When my mom came sprinting over to see what had happened, I started sobbing about how I had "killed the poor kiwi".
I was inconsolable for hours!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My dad told me that kiwi fruits were kiwi birds testicles. They are the right shape and kind of furry— jefnier
- That only men farted. I literally started sobbing the first time I realized I farted.Anon
- my brother told me that if i ride my bike with my mouth open i will swallow my tounge. Anon
- I used to think that 'Child Locking' only worked on children and that older people could still open the door.— Anonymous Whistleblower
- My grandpa told me that edible part of the watermelon was blue until you cut them open. Anon
- My sister told me as a child that ravioli was 'hedgehog' meat.
Still can't eat it today.......— Sal Myers