My grandfather had all of us convinced that if we put our finger in our bellybutton and twisted, our legs would pop off
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- My great-grandfather firmly believed, and had me convinced, that SPAM was mouse meat. — texasblue
- My Dad convinced me that Manx cats had no tail - and only three legs.— Jim
- I used to believe that a half moon was gods finger nail, and his finger was pointing downwards.— clo
- when i was 4 or 5 i used to think neon sour gummy worms were real because they always twisted and turned— HUGBUG09
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon