I once thought that when you turned the TV off, you could turn it back on later and the same program would just continue where you left it.
I was really disappointed when I got home once and the cartoons weren't still there :(
A childhood belief about cartoons

others believed things like this
- Because of cartoons, I thought that to drive you'd just turn the steering wheel back and forth constantly. — Mitsuki
- when i was little i thought every time i left the room my parents turned into aliensAnon
- I used to believe that you could not make the car turn left or right without turning the blinker on.— Christy Shane
- I used to turn the TV off when I left the room so I didn't miss anything.— S.Lee
- I used to believe that if you left crumbs out for a long period of time, they would turn into ants.— Bylaberrie
- I used to believe that coin change could turn into actual paper money if you left it alone for a long time. — Marcus O