I use to think that when a man gained a lot of muscle his body hair would fall out. It made logical sense to me at the time, because most actors and models on TV wax their bodies. I proudly told my mother what I had discoveried. After laughing, she told me the truth.
A childhood belief about hair

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the laugh track on sitcoms were the camera men, directors, other actors, ect. laughing.Anon
- I used to think that if i put conditioner in my hair before the shampoo my hair would fall out.— Jerry Moe the Gimp
- My brother thought the trees made the wind...logical.— peter
- My mother told me chewing gum was made from horses hooves!Anon
- I thought it was impossible for anyone to lift more than their own body weight. Just seemed to make sense..— Xenomorph
- That blue cheese was made by scraping mould off bathroom walls. My mother actually told me that.— sandee