A friend of my brother (alas, younger than myself) had us believe that his cool steel marbles had been produced in the most bizarre way: supposedly, the maid working at his home created them by ironing once and again over a special piece of cloth, which produced tiny marbles that grew in size as she kept ironing.
A childhood belief about chemistry

others believed things like this
- i used to belive that 100 was the biggest number in the world "i got at least a hundred marbles."— dan harris
- I used to believe that the rainbow is produced by the elves' pot of gold— Santiago Gordillo
- I believed that "oldies" were a genre of music still being produced. — UB
- I used do believe beer was only produced in Germany and then exported to all other contries.— Stefan, Munich
- I used to believe that The Horse was The Cow's husband, and that it produced chocolate milk.— Laura
- Lightning and thunder were produced at the garbage dump.— penny