When I was little, I bit my nails. My mother told me that if I didn't stop, I would look like Venus de Milo. I had no idea that was a famous armless statue. I thought for years it was an old Italian woman who lived on our street.
A childhood belief about biting my nails

others believed things like this
- I thought venus fly traps are from the planet Venus— Ted Snow
- i used to think that the paparazzi were a group of Italian criminals or spies. i have no idea why?? Anon
- I always thought when I was a kid that Milo is for boys and that milk are for girls. . . — Cathyia
- I use to beleive that bitting my nails will give me powers to stop being afraid. — scaredy cat
- I used to believe that Spanish and Italian were the same language;Spanish was for boys and Italian for girlsAnon
- I used to believe that tv people were tiny famous people that lived inside that box with a window called TV.— Miguel Horacio