When I was like 5 or 6 I used to believe that your tastebuds were like these tiny tiny tiny little buttons/lights in your mouth. Then whenever you would eat say for example, something sweet, then your "sweet" tastebud would flash a small green light which was supposed to let your brain know that the thing you are eating is sweet.
A childhood belief about eating

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that "unsavory" meant "sweet".— unsavory
- I thought that little tiny people changed the color of the stop lights.Anon
- i had a really sweet tooth and i asked my mum when it would fall out...— saza bob
- i get bit by so many moskitos because i'm a sweet child with sugar in my vains.— Ella
- That if you wet a sweet wrap and put it in the freezer overnight, you'd get chewing gum.— Roxie van Renbsurg
- When I Was a Kid I Believed That Clouds Were Made By Sweet Cotton.
— Gustavo Giacomini 8º2 Porto União Cid Gonzaga